20-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Safe, Immunogenic in Phase 3 Trial
Pfizer announced topline data from one of its phase 3 studies for 20vPnC for the prevention of invasive disease and pneumonia.
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Pneumonia Mortality Not Improved With Empiric Anti-MRSA Therapy
Anti-methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) therapy in addition to standard pneumonia therapy does not improve mortality.
Recarbrio Gets Priority Review for Hospital-Acquired, Ventilator-Associated Bacterial Pneumonia
The FDA has accepted for review a sNDA for Recarbrio™, to treat adult patients with hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia.
FDA: Bacitracin for Injection to Be Withdrawn From Market
The FDA has requested that all manufacturers of bacitracin for injection voluntarily withdraw their product from the market.
Clinical Features Identified for First Patients With 2019 Novel Coronavirus
As of Jan. 2, 2020, 41 patients were admitted with laboratory-confirmed 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), all of whom had pneumonia.
Pneumonia Risk in COPD Increases With Lower Eosinophils and Bacterial Infection
Patients with both COPD and chronic bacterial infection who had <100 circulating eosinophils/µL were at high risk of developing pneumonia.
Biomarker-Guided Exclusion of VAP Does Not Reduce Antibiotic Use
Biomarker-guided exclusion of ventilator-associated pneumonia was not associated with a reduction in antibiotic use.
Amikacin Plus Standard of Care Does Not Improve Survival in Gram-Negative Pneumonia
Inhaled amikacin adjunctive to standard-of-care intravenous antibiotic therapy was not associated with improvements in survival in mechanically ventilated patients with Gram-negative pneumonia.
Microbiologic Failure in the Setting of Clinical Cure of Bacterial Pneumonia
Microbiologic treatment failure was found to be independently associated with recurrent pneumonia or death among patients with bacterial pneumonia after clinical cure.
China Reports First Death in Coronavirus Outbreak
The first death in an outbreak of a new type of coronavirus was announced Saturday by officials in the central Chinese city of Wuhan.
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