Purpose Severe community-acquired pneumonia (sCAP) is associated with high morbidity
and mortality, and whilst European and non-European guidelines are available for …

A progressively increasing percentage of the elderly live during the last years of their lives in
nursing homes. Although these institutions are intended to mimic life at home as much as …

Introduction Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is an infectious disease associated with
high mortality worldwide. Although Streptococcus pneumoniae remains the most frequent …

Objetivos. Cuantificar y analizar la mortalidad de los pacientes dados de alta directamente
desde un servicio de urgencias hospitalario (SUH) y que fallecen dentro de los primeros 30 …

Objective To construct a prediction model for bacteraemia in patients with pneumococcal
community-acquired pneumonia (P-CAP) based on variables easily obtained at hospital …

Treatment failure and clinical stability are important outcomes in community-acquired
pneumonia (CAP). It is essential to know the causes and risk factors for treatment failure and …

Background The optimal duration of antibiotic treatment for community-acquired pneumonia
(CAP) is not well established. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of reducing the …

Community-acquired pneumonia is recognized as one of the main infectious health
problems worldwide. The objective was to determine the condition of predictors of death for …

The real burden of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in non-hospitalized patients is
largely unknown. This is a 3-year prospective, observational study of ambulatory CAP in …

Fluoroquinolones (FQs) are one of the most commonly prescribed classes of antibiotics.
Although they were initially well tolerated in randomized clinical trials, subsequent …