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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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Colobronchial Fistula Presenting with Persistent Pneumonia in a Patient with Crohn's Disease: A Case Report
TL;DR: A 52-year-old gentleman with a history of Crohn's Disease presented with cavitating left lower lobe pneumonia that did not resolve despite a one month course of antibiotics and underwent surgery, revealing a fistulous communication between the colon at the splenic flexure and the left bronchial space.
Hospital admission for community-acquired pneumonia in a First Nations population.
TL;DR: The findings emphasize the importance of preventing pneumonia in First Nations communities in northwestern Ontario and identify chronic renal disease and nonreceipt of azithromycin at initial presentation as 2 independent predictors of an adverse outcome.
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Making sense of statistics
TL;DR: The CXR findings can range from unremarkable to interstitial reticulo-nodular patterns to even more typical lobar and bronchopneumonic infiltrates.
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Moxifloxacin Pharmacokinetic Profile and Efficacy Evaluation in Empiric Treatment of Community-Acquired Pneumonia
Kristina Öbrink-Hansen,Tore Forsingdal Hardlei,Birgitte Brock,Søren Jensen-Fangel,Marianne Kragh Thomsen,Eskild Petersen,Mads Kreilgaard +6 more
TL;DR: The results indicate that caution must be taken when moxifloxacin is used as monotherapy to treat community-acquired pneumonia caused by L. pneumophila, and highlight the robust and flexible nature of this population pharmacokinetic model to predict therapeutic success.
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Determining the contribution of Streptococcus pneumoniae to community-acquired pneumonia in Australia
J Kevin Yin,J Kevin Yin,Sanjay Jayasinghe,Sanjay Jayasinghe,Patrick G. P. Charles,Catherine K. King,Clayton Chiu,Robert Menzies,Peter McIntyre +8 more
TL;DR: Evaluated trends in the proportion and severity of community‐acquired pneumonia (CAP) attributable to Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) in Australians aged 18 years and over are evaluated.
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