Diagnosing coinfection in pneumonia can be challenging because of timing of the sample collection and false-negative results when the viruses replicate in the lower respiratory tract.
Microbiologic treatment failure was found to be independently associated with recurrent pneumonia or death among patients with bacterial pneumonia after clinical cure.
Data gathered from a meta-analysis of clinical practice guidelines published in the European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, show that well-designed randomized controlled trials are urgently needed.
Exposure to carbapenem and carboxypenicillin or ureidopenicillin during the week before onset of ventilator-associated pneumonia and the severity of disease with regard to respiratory and hematologic failures were independent risk factors for the occurrence of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia-related VAP.
The objective surveillance for nonventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) via electronically computable definitions generates incidence, mortality, and adjusted odds ratios [OR] for hospital mortality similar to those generated by manual surveillance.
The decision to update the pneumococcal vaccine recommendations was based on a review of evidence that demonstrated that the implementation of the 2014 recommendation had minimal impact on PCV13-type disease at the population level among older adults.
The development of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) bronchiolitis in infants within the first 6 months of life was associated with increased odds of pneumonia, otitis media, and filling of antibiotic prescriptions in the second 6 months of life, according to study results published in Clinical Infectious Diseases. This was a population-based cohort study of infants…
Early-onset pneumonia with multidrug-resistant organisms is a major concern for patients who have received a liver transplant, and pre- and intra-operative risk factors influence its development, according to study data presented at The American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases’ The Liver Meeting, held November 8 to 12, 2019 in Boston, Massachusetts. In an…
Patients with Parkinson disease (PD) who use inappropriate antipsychotics may be at an increased risk for pneumonia compared with patients with PD who use more appropriate atypical antipsychotics.
Thirty-day readmission following hospitalization for pneumonia is common in patients with underlying comorbidities such as COPD, kidney and heart diseases, and dementia.
A typical usual interstitial pneumonia pattern was the predominant radiologic pattern seen in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and pulmonary hypertension.
Delafloxacin may provide a feasible alternative antibiotic monotherapy option for treating patients with community-acquired bacterial pneumonia (CABP) who have renal impairment in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
A new scoring system for Drug Resistance in Pneumonia (DRIP) has demonstrated efficacy in improving pneumonia-related prescription trends, including a significant drop in broad-spectrum antibiotic prescriptions.
A prevention bundle composed of 7 interventions for patients at high-risk for non-ventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) was effective in significantly reducing HAP rates.
