Psittacosis is a zoonotic infectious disease caused by the transmission of the bacterium
Chlamydia psittaci from birds to humans. Infections in humans mainly present as community …

Pneumonia is the leading infectious cause of mortality worldwide and one of the most
common lower respiratory tract infections that is contributing significantly to the burden of …

Improving the care of adult patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) has been
the focus of many different organizations, and several have developed guidelines for …

Water is the major natural reservoir for legionellae, and the bacteria are found worldwide in
many different natural and artificial aquatic environments, such as cooling towers, water …

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 …

Background The distribution of the microbial aetiology and mortality of community-acquired
pneumonia (CAP) was investigated in relation to the clinical setting and severity scores …

Background: The database of the German programme for quality in healthcare including
data of every hospitalised patient with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) during a 2 …

Introduction International guidelines recommend a severity-based approach to management
in community-acquired pneumonia. CURB65, CRB65 and the Pneumonia Severity Index …

Introduction Severity assessment and site-of-care decisions for patients with community-
acquired pneumonia (CAP) are pivotal for patients' safety and adequate allocation of …

Objective. The study was performed to validate the CURB, CRB and CRB‐65 scores for the
prediction of death from community‐acquired pneumonia (CAP) in both the hospital and out …