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Community-acquired pneumonia
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This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 1998-12-19. It has received 1403 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Community-acquired pneumonia.read more
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The activity of levofloxacin and comparator agents against clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae collected worldwide during 1999 and 2000.
Mark E. Jones,Renée S. Blosser-Middleton,Ian A. Critchley,Clyde Thornsberry,Daniel F. Sahm,Juri Yamakita,Moriaki Akasaki,James A. Karlowsky +7 more
TL;DR: Overall, levofloxacin remained active against >99% of clinical isolates of S. pneumoniae despite their resistance to other agents, despite being detected in China and Hong Kong.
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Aetiology of community‐acquired pneumonia in hospitalized adult patients in New Caledonia
Sylvain Mermond,Alain Berlioz-Arthaud,M. Estivals,Francine Baumann,Hervé Levenes,Paul M. V. Martin +5 more
TL;DR: The aetiology of community‐acquired pneumonia (CAP) in hospitalized adult patients in New Caledonia, a French archipelago in the South Pacific, is described.
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Patterns of Initial Antibiotic Therapy for Community-Acquired Pneumonia in U.S. Hospitals, 2000 to 2009
TL;DR: Initial antibiotic therapy for non-ICU CAP has changed substantially in the United States over the past decade, in line with evidence of widespread antibiotic resistance, evolving treatment guidelines and, most recently, quality improvement initiatives that tie hospital payments to guideline-based care.
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Biomarkers of Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Key to Disease Diagnosis and Management.
TL;DR: This review examines the possibilities of using specific serological biomarkers to detect the bacterial or viral aetiology of CAP and to assess disease severity and places particular emphasis on the use of biomarker signatures and the discovery of biomarkers candidates for a single multiplex analysis.
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Testing for Respiratory Viruses in Adults With Severe Lower Respiratory Infection.
TL;DR: The potential benefits of testing, an overview of the most commonly used diagnostic techniques, and whether current evidence supports routine testing are considered are considered.
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