Community-acquired pneumonia is one of the most common infections in children worldwide and represents one of the most frequent and costliest reasons children are hospitalized in the United States.

This study provides a timely examination of antibiotic prescribing practices in the emergency department, a critical frontline in the fight against antimicrobial resistance. As azithromycin use for ...

More data stressing innovative "nontraditional" approaches to the antibiotic management of community-acquired pneumonia, such as home intravenous treatment and therapy with oral antibiotics, are ...

Lower respiratory tract sampling (LRTS) at hospital admission is associated with prolonged hospital stays and decreased 90-day mortality in patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), according ...

Background Early identification of patients with H1N1 influenza-related pneumonia is desirable for the early instigation of antiviral agents. A study was undertaken to investigate whether adults ...

According to the latest CDC data, for the week ending Nov. 2, 7.6% of emergency department pneumonia cases for babies 0-1 years old and children ages 5-17 years old resulted in Mycoplasma ...

Over half of all patients hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia had discordant diagnoses from initial presentation to discharge, and treatments for other diagnoses, as well as expressions of ...

Over half of all patients hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia had discordant diagnoses from initial presentation to discharge, and treatments for other diagnoses, as well as expressions of ...

“This study provides additional data confirming NUZYRA as an effective and well-tolerated treatment option for community-acquired bacterial pneumonia, a serious respiratory illness with significant ...