Clinical trials conducted in patients with CAP treated on an outpatient basis provide relevant data for clinicians dealing with management of this common serious infection. A number of trials have ...

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 ...

Adults who are admitted to the hospital are often inappropriately diagnosed with — and treated for — pneumonia, new research ...

Immunocompromised patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia have an increased risk of in-hospital and long-term mortality.

Patients hospitalized with CAP who had an LRTS taken on admission exhibited reduced risk of mortality and were more likely to receive appropriate antibiotic therapy.

New findings highlight the importance of C-reactive protein-driven patient selection for corticosteroid therapy in pneumonia.