Purpose Severe community-acquired pneumonia (SCAP) is still associated with substantial
morbidity and mortality. In this point-of-view review paper, a group of experts discuss the …

Objective To systematically review longitudinal studies evaluating use of angiotensin
converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) and risk of …

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 …

Background Clinical trials yielded conflicting data about the benefit of adding systemic
corticosteroids for treatment of community-acquired pneumonia. We assessed whether short …

Calcidiol, the major circulating metabolite of vitamin D, supports induction of pleiotropic
antimicrobial responses in vitro. Vitamin D supplementation elevates circulating calcidiol …

Die vorliegende Leitlinie umfasst ein neues und aktualisiertes Konzept der Behandlung und
Prävention von erwachsenen Patienten mit ambulant erworbener Pneumonie und löst die …

Background: Previous reviews showed no benefit for the administration of probiotics in
critically ill patients, but they did not focus on ventilator-associated pneumonia. Design: Meta …

Community‐acquired pneumonia (CAP) is an important cause of death around the globe.
Up to 30% of patients admitted to hospital for CAP develop cardiovascular complications (ie …

3. Chest radiograph should be repeated if the patient is not improving and also for all those
patients who have persistence or worsening of symptoms/physical signs or those in whom …

Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is defined as an acute symptomatic infection of the
lower respiratory tract which in general develops outside of a hospital or nursing home …