A quality improvement program can improve recommended antibiotic duration in children for both acute otitis media (AOM) and community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) across multiple care delivery settings, ...

Hospitalized older adults with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and sepsis exhibit impaired neutrophil function; however, glycolytic metabolism is not the driver of neutrophil dysfunction. This ...

Antibiotic treatment duration was not linked to improved outcomes for patients hospitalized with CAP, suggesting a need for tailored prescribing.

Adult patients with CAP in a low-resource setting who were treated with adjunctive low-dose glucocorticoids had a lower risk of death.

Traditional Chinese medicine Injections (TCMIs) seem to provide positive benefits for elderly patients with ...

Adjunctive glucocorticoids may reduce mortality among patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in well-resourced settings. Whether these drugs are beneficial in low-resource settings ...

Objective: To compare the safety and efficacy of clarithromycin and amoxicillin/clavulanic acid in patients with community-acquired pneumonia due to penicillin ...

Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) remains a major cause of illness and death worldwide, particularly among the elderly and individuals with underlying conditions. Streptococcus pneumoniae is the most ...

Although often independently classified, the diagnosis of pneumonia acquired in the community and pneumonia acquired in the hospital share many common features. Clinical suspicion should rest on a ...

Pneumonia that fails to respond to treatment is a common problem. Although quantification of the frequency of this problem is difficult, approximately 15% of pulmonary consultations and 8% of ...