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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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Validity of pneumonia severity index and CURB-65 severity scoring systems in community acquired pneumonia in an Indian setting.
Bashir Ahmed Shah,Wasim Ahmed,Ghulam Nabi Dhobi,Naveed Nazir Shah,Syed Quibtiya Khursheed,Inaamul Haq +5 more
TL;DR: Both PSI and CURB-65 were found to have equal sensitivity to predict death from CAP and PSI was more sensitive in predicting ICU admission than CURb-65, while Specificity of CURBs65 was higher than that of PSI.
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An essential role for lipopolysaccharide-binding protein in pulmonary innate immune responses.
Ming Hui Fan,Richard D. Klein,Lars Steinstraesser,Andrew C. Merry,Jean A. Nemzek,Daniel G. Remick,Stewart C. Wang,Grace L. Su +7 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that LBP is essential in local pulmonary innate immune responses against bacteria, and may be protective, aiding in detection, opsonization, and killing of bacteria.
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Randomized, double-blind, comparative study of grepafloxacin and amoxycillin in the treatment of patients with community-acquired pneumonia.
TL;DR: Grepafloxacin, 600 mg od for 7-10 days, is equivalent to or better than amoxycillin, 500 mg tds for 6-9 days in achieving a successful clinical and microbiological response in the treatment of patients with CAP.
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Assessment of Analysis of Urinary Pneumococcal Antigen by Immunochromatography for Etiologic Diagnosis of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Adults
María Luisa Briones,José Blanquer,David Ferrando,Maria Luisa Blasco,Concepción Gimeno,Julio Marín +5 more
TL;DR: Determination of UPA is a rapid, simple analysis with good sensitivity and specificity, which increased the percentage of etiologic diagnoses, and positive UPA may persist in COPD patients with probable pneumococcal colonization or recent pneumitiscal infections.
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The National Early Warning Score (NEWS) for outcome prediction in emergency department patients with community-acquired pneumonia: results from a 6-year prospective cohort study.
Diana Sbiti-Rohr,Alexander Kutz,Mirjam Christ-Crain,Robert Thomann,Werner Zimmerli,Claus Hoess,Christoph Henzen,Beat Mueller,Philipp Schuetz +8 more
TL;DR: News provides additional prognostic information with regard to risk of ICU admission and complications and thereby improves traditional clinical-risk scores in the management of patients with CAP in the ED setting.
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