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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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Prediction of pneumonia hospitalization in adults using health checkup data.
TL;DR: The authors' predictive model for pneumonia hospitalization in adults to accurately identify high-risk individuals to facilitate the efficient prevention of pneumonia performed better than comparative models, and may be useful for supporting the development of pneumonia prevention measures.
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The mask of acute bacterial pneumonia may disguise the face of tuberculosis.
TL;DR: The diagnosis of TB should be considered in all patients who presented with CAP in endemic regions because it could not be differentiated from other causes of pneumonia on clinical and radiological grounds.
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Using International Classification of Diseases Codes to Track Medication-Related Hospitalizations of Older Adults.
Karen L. Pellegrin,Jill Miyamura,Ronald Taniguchi,Anita E. Ciarleglio,Anna Barbato,R. Scott Holuby +5 more
TL;DR: This work aims to provide aDS to clarify the role of data interpretation and data interpretation in the development of drug discovery and treatment strategy in the context of high-quality data collection and interpretation.
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Pharmacokinetics of EDP-420 after Ascending Single Oral Doses in Healthy Adult Volunteers
TL;DR: Based on its human pharmacokinetic profiles, taken together with its in vitro/in vivo activity against common respiratory pathogens, EDP-420 warrants efficacy trials for the treatment of respiratory tract infections.
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Community‐acquired pneumonia: A practical approach to management for the hospitalist
TL;DR: The chest radiograph remains an essential initial test in the diagnosis of CAP and should be supplemented by blood cultures sampled prior to antibiotic therapy and sputum for gram stain and culture if a high-quality specimen can be rapidly processed.
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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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Risk Factors for Clostridium difficile Carriage and C. difficile-Associated Diarrhea in a Cohort of Hospitalized Patients
TL;DR: In this paper, a prospective cohort study of 399 consecutive patients in a single ward over an 11-month period was conducted to identify risk factors for nosocomial C. difficile colonization and diarrhea.
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Successful control of Clostridium difficile infection in an elderly care unit through use of a restrictive antibiotic policy.
Cliodna A. M. McNulty,Margaret Logan,Ian P. Donald,Debbie Ennis,Denise Taylor,R. N. Baldwin,Mira Bannerjee,Keith A. V. Cartwright +7 more
TL;DR: The use of narrow-spectrum antibiotics for hospital treatment of community-acquired infections in the elderly should be encouraged.