Lung transplant recipients are highly susceptible to infection, the researchers noted, and P. aeruginosa is a leading cause of bacterial pneumonia for them. Indeed, it was the most frequently isolated ...
HCAP patients also had slightly higher baseline Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II scores at the time of diagnosis of pneumonia. Investigators from the United States ...
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is becoming an increasingly common pathogen in hospital-acquired pneumonia ... 2g iv every 8h for Pseudomonas aeruginosa coverage with imipenem ...
Amid heightened surveillance in India for HMPV or human metapneumovirus infections, we asked experts whether getting a pneumonia vaccine is essential to safeguard against such respiratory viruses.