Background Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) causes considerable morbidity and
mortality in adults, particularly in the elderly. Methods Structured searches of PubMed were …

Before 1945, Streptococcus pneumoniae caused more than 90% of cases of pneumonia in
adults. After 1950, the proportion of pneumonia caused by pneumococcus began to decline …

Clin Microbiol Infect 2011; 17 (Suppl. 6): E1–E59 Abstract This document is an update of
Guidelines published in 2005 and now includes scientific publications through to May 2010 …

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

The purpose of this paper was to generate up-to-date information on the aetiology of
community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and its antibiotic management in adults across …

BACKGROUND: Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) are at higher
risk of developing Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) than patients in the general …

Background The microbial etiology of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is often
unclear in clinical practice, and previous studies have produced variable results. Population …

Background Several scoring systems have been used to predict mortality in patients with
community-acquired pneumonia. The properties of commonly used risk stratification scales …

OBJECTIVES: To determine the population-based incidence of community-acquired
pneumonia (CAP) in adults and to assess the relative importance of age and gender on the …

Objectives We aimed to summarise the prevalence of atypical pathogens in patients with
severe pneumonia to understand the prevalence of severe pneumonia caused by atypical …