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Burden of community-acquired pneumonia in North American adults.

To determine the burden of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) affecting adults in North America, a comprehensive literature review was conducted to examine the incidence, morbidity and mortality, etiology, antibiotic resistance, and economic impact…

Tags: 2010, Adult, Bacterial – Economics, Bacterial – Epidemiology, Bacterial – Microbiology, Bacterial – Mortality, Bacterial – Prevention and Control, Bacterial/economics/*epidemiology/microbiology/prevention & control, Community-Acquired Infections – Economics, Community-Acquired Infections – Epidemiology, Community-Acquired Infections – Microbiology, Community-Acquired Infections – Prevention and Control, Community-Acquired Infections/economics/epidemiology/microbiology/prevention & control, Cost of Illness, Department of Internal Medicine, Economic Aspects of Illness, File Thomas M Jr, Health Care Costs, Health Status Indicators, Hospitalization – Economics, Hospitalization – Statistics and Numerical Data, Hospitalization/economics/statistics & numerical data, Human, Humans, Incidence, Length of Stay – Statistics and Numerical Data, Length of Stay/statistics & numerical data, Marrie Thomas J, NEOMED College of Medicine, North America, North America/epidemiology, Pneumococcal Vaccine, Pneumococcal Vaccines, Pneumococcal/economics/epidemiology/mortality/prevention & control, Pneumonia, Postgraduate medicine, Risk Factors, Streptococcus, Streptococcus pneumoniae

Factors associated with antimicrobial resistance and mortality in pneumococcal bacteremia

We conducted a multicenter, retrospective cohort study of patients with Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteremia to determine factors associated with antibiotic resistance and mortality. Risk factors were identified using multivariate logistic regression.…

Value of noninvasive studies in community-acquired pneumonia

Noninvasive diagnostic studies, i.e., sputum gram stain, sputum culture, blood culture and antigen detection assays will assist the clinician in the selection of initial antimicrobial therapy in some patients. These tests may be even more valuable in…

Tags: 1998, Antimicrobial resistance, colonization, Diagnosis, File T M, gram stain, Immunology, Infectious disease clinics of North America, Infectious Diseases, Journal Article, McNally C, Plouffe J F, prediction rule, requiring hospitalization, sputum, Streptococcus pneumoniae, surveillance, united-states

Identifying Barriers to Adult Pneumococcal Vaccination: An NFID Task Force Meeting

Pneumococcal infection is common in adults, and invasive disease is associated with a high mortality rate. Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine can prevent invasive pneumococcal disease and is recommended for people aged >= 65 years and for younger…

Tags: 2012, adult vaccination, care, Disease, File T M, General & Internal Medicine, Influenza, Journal Article, Metersky M, Natl Fdn Infect Dis Pneumococcal D, Nichol K L, pneumococcal disease, Pneumococcal Vaccine, Pneumonia, Postgraduate medicine, Rehm S J, Schaffner W, Streptococcus pneumoniae, united-states

How long should we treat community-acquired pneumonia?

Purpose of review: The studies, reviewed in this article suggest that a shorter duration of antibiotic therapy is comparable to standard therapy in the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia and promotes reduction of adverse events, microbial…

Tags: 2007, antibacterial response, antibiotic-therapy, antimicrobial therapy, azithromycin, clinical-efficacy, Community-acquired pneumonia, Current opinion in infectious diseases, double-blind, duration of therapy, File T M, Infectious Diseases, Journal Article, Practice Guidelines, respiratory-tract infections, Scalera N M, short-duration therapy, Streptococcus pneumoniae

Acute otitis media

At least 1 episode of acute otitis media is seen in 94% of children before age 2. Attendance in a day-care setting is among the major risk factors. Middle ear fluid may be sterile or may grow viruses and/or bacteria. Accurate diagnosis and…

Tags: 2003, acute otitis media, antibacterial therapy, Antibiotics, bacterial resistance, care, Children, efficacy, era, expectations, Infections in Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Journal Article, Management, Powell K R, Scott E G, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Vaccine

Performance measure of urinary antigen in patients with Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteremia

The Streptococcus pneumoniae (SP) urinary antigen (UAg) test is a commonly used assay. The purpose cif this study was to evaluate the test's actual performance in the clinical setting and determine the effects of renal function, grade of bacteremia,…

Distribution of 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotypes in US Adults Aged >= 50 Years With Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Background. Streptococcus pneumoniae causes a substantial proportion of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and healthcare-associated pneumonia (HCAP) in the United States. Limited data are available regarding the pneumococcal serotypes causing CAP…

A clinician's guide to the appropriate and accurate use of antibiotics: the Council for Appropriate and Rational Antibiotic Therapy (CARAT) criteria

In response to the overuse and misuse of antibiotics, leading to increasing bacterial resistance and decreasing development of new antibiotics, the Council for Appropriate and Rational Antibiotic Therapy (CARAT) has developed criteria to guide…

Adult bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia in a community teaching hospital, 1992-1996 - A detailed analysis of 108 cases

Objectives: To review the clinical and laboratory findings of 108 adult patients with bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia admitted to a community hospital and to determine the value of sputum Gram stains and cultures in the diagnosis of pneumococcal…

Tags: 1997, acquired pneumonia, Antimicrobial resistance, Archives of internal medicine, Bailey T A, Diagnosis, Disease, General & Internal Medicine, Journal Article, penicillin-resistant pneumococci, polysaccharide vaccine, risk-factors, sputum culture, Streptococcus pneumoniae, united-states, Watanakunakorn C

HOSPITAL-BASED PULMONARY PATHOGENS - EVOLVING BACTERIAL-RESISTANCE

Tags: 1995, Antimicrobial resistance, ceftazidime, drug-resistance, File T M, Gram-Negative Bacteria, Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice, Journal Article, nosocomial infections, pneumococcal bacteremia, resistance, spectrum beta-lactamases, staphylococcus-aureus infections, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Tan J S, therapy

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