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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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Prevalence and clinical impact of VIral Respiratory tract infections in patients hospitalized for Community-Acquired Pneumonia: the VIRCAP study.
Paola Tatarelli,Laura Magnasco,Maria Lucia Borghesi,Chiara Russo,A. Marra,Michele Mirabella,Giovanni Sarteschi,Riccardo Ungaro,C. Arcuri,Giovanni Murialdo,Claudio Viscoli,V. Del Bono,Laura Ambra Nicolini +12 more
TL;DR: Investigation of patients consecutively admitted at medical wards for CAP and tested for VRTIs by real-time PCR on pharyngeal swab found VRTI was associated with higher PSI at admission, but it does not affect patients’ outcome.
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Case studies of lower respiratory tract infections: community-acquired pneumonia.
TL;DR: The cases presented in this review highlight many of the recent recommendations from the IDSA/ATS guidelines, incorporating important advances in the management of patients with CAP.
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Legionella pneumophila as Cause of Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia, China.
TL;DR: The results show the usefulness of next-generation sequencing and of testing different samples early in the course of illness to identify this bacterium.
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Intravenous azithromycin plus ceftriaxone followed by oral azithromycin for the treatment of inpatients with community-acquired pneumonia: an open-label, non-comparative multicenter trial
Fernando Gongora Rubio,Clovis Arns da Cunha,Fernando Luiz Cavalcanti Lundgren,Maria P. J. S. Lima,Paulo José Zimermann Teixeira,Júlio César Abreu de Oliveira,Valdir Golin,Waldo L L D Mattos,Herbert K Mählmann,Edson D Moreira,José Roberto Jardim,Rodney L F Silva,Patricia H B Silva +12 more
TL;DR: Treatment based on the administration of IV azithromycin associated to ceftriaxone and followed by oral azithromecin proved to be efficacious and well-tolerated in the treatment of Brazilian inpatients with CAP.
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Evaluation and cost assessment of fluoroquinolones in community-acquired respiratory infections.
TL;DR: The potential for bacterial resistance is perhaps the only significant barrier to extensive fluoroquinolone use in community-acquired respiratory tract infections and cost must be balanced with quality care.
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