Background The etiologic profile of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) for each age group could be similar among inpatients and outpatients. This fact brings up the link between etiology of CAP ...

Inflammatory biomarkers are not helpful for the individual diagnosis of microbiological etiology of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). Antibiotic pretreatment reduces biomarker levels in CAP.

Pneumonia is colloquially known as "double pneumonia" if the infection affects both lungs. Healthcare providers are more likely to call it "bilateral ... Hospital-acquired pneumonia is the most ...

Aug. 6, 2024 — An AI-based analysis of over 2 million hospital visits has found that most of the time, a pneumonia diagnosis made in the hospital will change from a patient's entrance to their ...

Pneumonia is an infection of one or both lungs caused by bacteria, a virus, or a fungus. It causes inflammation and fluid build-up in the air sacs, or alveoli, of the lungs. Bacterial and viral ...

“Chronic health conditions like heart disease, and COPD make the lungs more susceptible to infections,” says the expert. Being bedridden or on ventilators increases the risk of hospital-acquired ...

With the government launching India’s first indigenously-developed antibiotic aimed at tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR), Nafithromycin, there is now hope for treating drug-resistant pneumonia, ...

Pneumonia is often considered a single illness, but it comes in several forms, each with its causes and health implications. While all types of pneumonia involve an infection in the lungs, the ...

With Thanksgiving just over two weeks away, concerns over walking pneumonia are on the rise ... CBS 6 is committed to sharing community voices on this important topic. Email your thoughts to ...

Physicians have been reporting what has been called an “unusual spike” in walking pneumonia cases — especially among kids. Alan Drummond, a family medicine and emergency physician practising in ...