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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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A Controlled Trial of a Critical Pathway for Treating Community‐Acquired Pneumonia: The CAPITAL Study
TL;DR: Clinical outcomes were good in both groups, with no significant differences between the two management strategies, however, use of the clinical pathway was associated with a 1.7‐day reduction in BDPM and fewer admissions of low‐risk patients.
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Diagnostic Delay and Antibiotic Overuse in Acute Pulmonary Blastomycosis
Jonathan D. Alpern,Nathan C. Bahr,Gabriela Vazquez-Benitez,David R. Boulware,Jonathan S. Sellman,George A. Sarosi +5 more
TL;DR: Diagnostic delay can be decreased with higher suspicion for pulmonary blastomycosis and early use of the sputum KOH smear.
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Targeting antimicrobial-resistant bacterial respiratory tract pathogens: it is time to 'get smart'.
Boeun Lee,Helen W. Boucher +1 more
TL;DR: Evidence supporting de-escalation for hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated pneumonia has been increasing and no convincing evidence exists to support combination therapy for severe infections due to carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacilli.
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Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Focused Review
TL;DR: A review of the epidemiology, pathophysiology, risk factors, symptoms, diagnosis, presentations, risk-stratification, markers, and management of community-acquired pneumonia in the United States (US) is presented.
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A prospective study of urinary pneumococcal antigen detection in healthy Karen mothers with high rates of pneumococcal nasopharyngeal carriage
Paul Turner,Paul Turner,Claudia Turner,Claudia Turner,Napaphat Kaewcharernnet,Naw Yi Mon,David Goldblatt,François Nosten,François Nosten +8 more
TL;DR: Significant numbers of false positive results are unlikely to be encountered when using the BinaxNOW test to diagnose pneumococcal infection in adults from countries with moderate to high rates of pneumococCal colonization.
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Risk Factors for Clostridium difficile Carriage and C. difficile-Associated Diarrhea in a Cohort of Hospitalized Patients
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Successful control of Clostridium difficile infection in an elderly care unit through use of a restrictive antibiotic policy.
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TL;DR: The use of narrow-spectrum antibiotics for hospital treatment of community-acquired infections in the elderly should be encouraged.