The acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a common cause of respiratory failure in
critically ill patients and is defined by the acute onset of noncardiogenic pulmonary oedema …

There is still a low level of clinical awareness regarding Legionnaires' disease 25 years after
it was first detected. The causative agents, legionellae, are freshwater bacteria with a …

SYNOPSIS OF RECOMMENDATIONS A summary of the initial management of patients
admitted to hospital with suspected community acquired pneumonia (CAP) is presented in …

Improving the care of adult patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) has been
the focus of many different organizations, and several have developed guidelines for …

Background: In the assessment of severity in community acquired pneumonia (CAP), the
modified British Thoracic Society (mBTS) rule identifies patients with severe pneumonia but …

Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a unique bacterium that does not always receive the attention it
merits considering the number of illnesses it causes and the degree of morbidity associated …

This document is an update of the original 1993 statement on community-acquired
pneumonia, incorporating new information about bacteriology, patient stratification …

Since coronavirus has shown up, inaccessibility of legitimate clinical resources is at its peak,
like the shortage of specialists and healthcare workers, lack of proper equipment and …

Background The microbial etiology of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is still not well
characterized. During the past few years, polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based methods …

To determine the burden of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) affecting adults in North
America, a comprehensive literature review was conducted to examine the incidence …