社区获得性肺炎 (Community Acquired Pneumonia，CAP) 是指在医院以外发生的肺实质感染性炎症，包括在医院以外获得感染而在入院后发病的肺炎。CAP 治疗中心环节是抗菌药物治疗，一旦获得 CAP ...

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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 ...

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Objective: To compare the safety and efficacy of clarithromycin and amoxicillin/clavulanic acid in patients with community-acquired pneumonia due to penicillin ...

Babies and children between the ages of three months and 11-years-old with pneumonia should be offered a three-day rather than five-day course of antibiotics, according to a new draft NICE guideline.

Babies and children aged between three months and 11 years of age with pneumonia should be offered a three-day course of ...

New review links antimicrobial stewardship programs to reduced mortality and faster clinical stability in hospitalized adults ...

Mesencephalic astrocyte-derived neurotrophic factor (MANF), a novel endoplasmic reticulum stress-induced neurotrophic factor, exerts a protective role in both nervous and non-nervous systems. However, ...

Actor Val Kilmer, 65, died of pneumonia this week, his daughter confirmed. Dr. Marc Siegel discusses common causes and risks of the respiratory virus.

Bacterial pneumonia is the most dangerous. It also unfortunately tends to be the most common type of pneumonia. It can become ...