Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the leading cause of death among infectious
diseases and an important health problem, having considerable implications for healthcare …

Dysphagia is a prevalent difficulty among aging adults. Though increasing age facilitates
subtle physiologic changes in swallow function, age-related diseases are significant factors …

There is broad interest in improved methods to generate robust evidence regarding best
practice, especially in settings where patient conditions are heterogenous and require …

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 …

It is difficult to determine the impact of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in Europe,
because precise data are scarce. Mortality attributable to CAP varies widely between …

Background Guidelines do not currently recommend the use of lung ultrasound (LUS) as an
alternative to chest X-ray (CXR) or chest computerized tomography (CT) scan for the …

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 …

To overview the present global burden of pneumococcal disease is important because new
preventive measures such as the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine 13 are currently being …

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 …

To determine the burden of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) affecting adults in North
America, a comprehensive literature review was conducted to examine the incidence …