Tag: Pneumonia
Drop in Childhood Pneumococcal, Hib Deaths From 2000 to 2015
Most children who died of pneumococcus and Hib presented with pneumonia
Opioid Use Linked to Risk of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease
Strongest associations seen for opioids that were long acting, of high potency, and used at high doses
More Laboratory Tests Performed at Major Teaching Hospitals
More tests per day for bacterial pneumonia, cellulitis at major teaching versus nonteaching hospitals
Promising Pneumonia Vaccine Under Development
Animal tests showed an immune response to 72 of the 90-plus known strains of S. pneumoniae
Pneumococcal Vaccine for Only Half With Work-Related Asthma
54 percent of adults with work-related asthma, 35 percent with non-work-related asthma vaccinated
Zoonotic Chlamydia caviae Tied to Community-Acquired Pneumonia
Three cases of community-acquired pneumonia reported after exposure to ill guinea pigs
Higher Risk of CVD Persists After Hospital Stay for Severe Infection
Risk persists for at least five years after sepsis, pneumonia with hospitalization
Epidemiology of Acute Otitis Media Changed From 2006-2016
Change in proportion of S. pneumoniae, H. influenzae, M. catarrhalis causing AOM
Drop in Admission for Aspiration Pneumonia From 2002 to 2012
Decrease in incidence and in-hospital mortality among all cases, and those aged 65 years and older
ATS: First Abx Rx Doesn’t Work for ~25% of Pneumonia Cases
One in four adult patients do not respond to initial prescription of antibiotic treatment
