Prospective epidemiologic survey of patients with community-acquired pneumonia requiring hospitalization in Switzerland

Abstract

The microbiological diagnosis in CAP can be established in only about 50% of cases with the combination of several diagnostic tools. Epidemiologic surveys of CAP should be performed on a regular basis, regionally, as a way to improve the management of these infections.

Clinical and economic burden of community-acquired pneumonia among adults in Europe

“…Table 53–5 8 9 12–14 18 21 22 24 35 37–39 42–44 46 49 50 58 59 61–64 66 67 69–71 73 75 77–87 summarises mortality studies in patients with CAP. Mortality varied from <1% to 48% and was not related to antibiotic resistance.…”

Sputum bacteriology in patients hospitalized with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and concomitant pneumonia in Hong Kong

“…Most of the studies on the bacterial aetiology for CAP did not specifically address the organisms found in the group of COPD patients. In fact, several studies indicated that COPD was a very common comorbidity in patients with CAP 6,16–18 . It is important to examine the aetiology of concomitant infection as COPD patients with a secondary diagnosis of pneumonia had double the mean hospital LOS compared to those without a secondary diagnosis (14.7 vs. 7.7 days) 19 .…”

Frequency of detection of respiratory viruses in the lower respiratory tract of hospitalized adults

“…The etiology of lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) in adults, which are an important cause of morbidity, remains undetermined in more than 50% of cases (Fine et al, 1999;Garbino et al, 2002;File, 2003), mostly due to limited diagnostic procedures. The prevalence of respiratory viruses in adults is largely unexplored, as most relevant data concern infants and children (Choi et al, 2006;Costa et al, 2006;Kusel et al, 2006;Ma et al, 2006;Ordas et al, 2006;Pierangeli et al, 2007).…”