Five years ago, my wife and I enjoyed an excellent dinner followed by the performance of the magnificent Bakersfield Symphony ...

A recent narrative review describes how to identify and manage pneumonia that does not respond to antibiotic treatment.

The terms hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) and health care–associated pneumonia (HCAP) are often used interchangeably, although HCAP encompasses not only patients hospitalized within the past 3 ...

Investigators compare the efficacy of low- versus high-dose methylprednisolone in preventing pulmonary lesions in children ...

Health care–associated pneumonia (HCAP), which includes hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), also poses significant diagnostic challenges to the clinician.

Rates of routine blood culture (BC) testing for uncomplicated infections in children had no significant effect on length of ...

Rapid molecular testing with FilmArray Pneumonia Panel offers high diagnostic accuracy but shows limited value in predicting ...

The study included 8,969 patients with hospital-acquired pneumonia and ventilator-associated pneumonia. The primary outcome of the study was hospital death related to carbapenem resistance.

When treating patients with hospital-acquired or ventilator-acquired pneumonia, providers should consider keeping the maximum course of antibiotic treatment to seven days, according to new ...

Nov. 11, 2004 — Dental plaque (DP) may be a reservoir of pathogens for hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP), according to the results of a prospective study published in the November issue of Chest.

Despite antibiotic treatment, pulmonary lesions are a serious concern in children with severe Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia (MPP). Combination therapy with antibiotics and glucocorticoids is ...

CAMIGUIN (PIA)—Camiguin General Hospital (CGH) took part in the nationwide observance of National Disaster Resilience Month ...