This seminar reviews important features and management issues of community-acquired
pneumonia (CAP) that are especially relevant to immunocompetent adults in light of new …

This article reports 13 cases of pneumococcal septic arthritis and reviews another 177 cases
reported since 1965. Of 2407 cases of septic arthritis from large series, 156 (6%) were …

The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) produced guidelines for community-
acquired pneumonia (CAP) in immunocompetent adults in 1998 and again in 2000 [1, 2] …

Background Streptococcus pneumoniae is the chief cause of pneumonia in older adults, but
it remains unclear whether use of the pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine alters the …

We performed a prospective, international, observational study of 844 hospitalized patients
with blood cultures positive for Streptococcus pneumoniae. Fifteen percent of isolates had in …

Multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of the u... : Critical Care Medicine
Multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of the use of filgrastim in patients …

As individuals advance in age, the risk of infection, bacteremia, and mortality caused by
Streptococcus pneumoniae rises. Retrospective data demonstrate that the licensed …

Background: Guidelines are increasingly recommending preventive services starting at 50
years of age, and policymakers are considering such a recommendation for pneumococcal …

Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines are highly effective in preventing invasive disease in
infants and young children, with favorable safety and immunogenicity profiles. These …

A previously identified communication behavior, online commentary, is physician talk that
describes what he/she is seeing, feeling, or hearing during the physical examination of the …