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May 14th, 2021 - Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) disease (COVID-19) has been linked to thrombotic complications and endothelial dysfunction. We assessed the prognostic implications of endothelial activation through measurement of endot...

May 13th, 2021 - Streptococcus pneumoniae is a causative agent of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). The 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) has significantly decreased the burden of PCV13-serotype pneumococcal disease; however, disease due to nonvac...

May 13th, 2021 - Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a common illness that can lead to mortality. β-lactams are ineffective against atypical pathogen including Mycoplasma pneumoniae. We used molecular examinations to develop a decision tree to predict atypical p...

May 10th, 2021 - Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) used for diagnosing COVID-19 has been found to give low detection rate during early stages of infection. Radiological analysis of CT images has given higher prediction rate when compared to ...

May 3rd, 2021 - Plasma ferritin levels above 4,420 ng/mL have been proposed as a diagnostic marker for macrophage activation-like syndrome in sepsis and used for selection of sepsis patients for anti-inflammatory therapy. We here sought to determine the frequency...

Dec 22nd, 2020 - This clinical policy from the American College of Emergency Physicians is a revision of the 2009 "Clinical Policy: Critical Issues in the Management of Adult Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department With Community-Acquired Pneumonia." A wri...

May 7th, 2020 - Treatment of Community-Acquired Pneumonia During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic.|2020|Metlay JP,Waterer GW,|epidemiology,therapy,epidemiology,therapy,epidemiology,epidemiology,microbiology,therapy,epidemiology,

May 6th, 2020 - Pneumonia is one of the most common acute infections and the single greatest infectious cause of death in children worldwide. In uncomplicated, community-acquired pneumonia in immunocompetent patients, the diagnosis is clinical and imaging has no ...

Feb 6th, 2020 - Diagnosis and Treatment of Adults With Community-Acquired Pneumonia.|2020|Olson G,Davis AM,|drug therapy,adverse effects,therapeutic use,therapeutic use,drug therapy,drug effects,therapeutic use,

Oct 1st, 2019 - Background: This document provides evidence-based clinical practice guidelines on the management of adult patients with community-acquired pneumonia.Methods: A multidisciplinary panel conducted pragmatic systematic reviews of the relevant research...

May 14th, 2021 - Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) disease (COVID-19) has been linked to thrombotic complications and endothelial dysfunction. We assessed the prognostic implications of endothelial activation through measurement of endot...

May 13th, 2021 - Streptococcus pneumoniae is a causative agent of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). The 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) has significantly decreased the burden of PCV13-serotype pneumococcal disease; however, disease due to nonvac...

May 13th, 2021 - Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a common illness that can lead to mortality. β-lactams are ineffective against atypical pathogen including Mycoplasma pneumoniae. We used molecular examinations to develop a decision tree to predict atypical p...

May 10th, 2021 - Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) used for diagnosing COVID-19 has been found to give low detection rate during early stages of infection. Radiological analysis of CT images has given higher prediction rate when compared to ...

May 4th, 2021 - ZYVOX is an oxazolidinone-class antibacterial indicated in adults and children for the treatment of the following infections caused by susceptible Gram-positive bacteria: Nosocomial pneumonia ( 1.1); Community-acquired pneumonia ( 1.2); Complicate...

Mar 21st, 2021 - This transcript has been edited for clarity. Christopher J. Chiu, MD: Welcome back. We are The Cribsiders, the pediatric medicine podcast that interviews leading experts in the field to bring you clinical pearls, practice-changing knowledge, and a...

Mar 8th, 2021 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A five-day course high-dose amoxicillin works as well as a standard care 10 day course for previously healthy children with community-acquired pneumonia who do not require hospital admission, according to results of the...

Jul 30th, 2020 - Streptococcus pneumoniae , or pneumococcus, is an encapsulated, gram-positive, catalase-negative, alpha-hemolytic, facultative anaerobic member of the genus Streptococcus that is sensitive to ethylhydrocupreine hydrochloride. It produces an immuno...

Jul 30th, 2020 - Streptococcus pneumoniae , or pneumococcus, is an encapsulated, gram-positive, catalase-negative, alpha-hemolytic, facultative anaerobic member of the genus Streptococcus that is sensitive to ethylhydrocupreine hydrochloride. It produces an immuno...

May 3rd, 2020 - Currently, no definitive medication protocol specific to SARS has been developed, although various treatment regimens have been tried without proven success. Although guidelines specific for SARS have not been recently updated, the Centers for Dis...