Antibacterial therapy is one of the most important medical developments of the twentieth
century; however, the spread of resistance in healthcare settings and in the community …

Streptococcus pneumoniae inflicts a huge disease burden as the leading cause of
community-acquired pneumonia and meningitis. Soon after mainstream antibiotic usage …

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

BACKGROUND Since the 1998 European Respiratory Society (ERS) lower respiratory tract
infection (LRTI) guidelines 1 were published, the evidence on which they were based has …

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

Streptococcus pneumoniae is the most common cause of community-acquired pneumonia,
meningitis, and bacteremia in children and adults. Invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) …

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

Pneumonia in the elderly is a common and serious problem with a clinical presentation that
can differ from that in younger patients. Older patients with pneumonia complain of …

Objective. The frequency of children who are hospitalized with pneumococcal pneumonia
complicated by necrosis, empyema/complicated parapneumonic effusion, and lung abscess …

Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a common condition affecting about 1/1,000 of the
adult population per year. It occurs when bacteria enter the alveolar spaces of the lung …