Managing community-acquired pneumonia during flu season.

Utilization of the respiratory virus multiplex reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction test for adult patients at a Korean tertiary care center

BACKGROUND/AIMS Respiratory viruses (RVs) are considered to be important respiratory pathogens in adult patients, and the multiplex reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test is used frequently in adult patients with respiratory infections. However, clinical data regarding utilization of the multiplex RT-PCR test for RVs are lacking. METHODS We investigated the utilization ...

Influenza pneumonia among adolescents and adults: a concurrent comparison between influenza A (H1N1) pdm09 and A (H3N2) in the post-pandemic period

INTRODUCTION Comparisons of the characteristics between the influenza A (H1N1) pdm09 and common seasonal influenza are important for both clinical management and epidemiological studies. However, the differences between pandemic and seasonal influenza during the post-pandemic period are poorly understood. OBJECTIVES The aim of our research was to investigate clinical and immune response diffe...

Community acquired pneumonia.

Flu Vaccine Risk Groups & Your Practice Page 3 Unsafe Behaviors and STDs Predict HIV Increase Page 4 Dengue Fever Page 5 Communicable Disease Summary Page 7 Hepatitis C: Acute vs. Chronic Infections Page 8 Visit the ADHS Web site at www.azdhs.gov Respiratory tract infections are a common cause of illness. Most of these infections are mild, self-limited and do not require professional medical ca...

Characteristics of Staphylococcus aureus community-acquired pneumonia during the 2006-2007 influenza season.

Factors associated with the outcome of life-threatening necrotizing pneumonia due to community-acquired Staphylococcus aureus in adult and adolescent patients.

BACKGROUND Although community-acquired Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia with highly virulent Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL)-positive strains, a severe disease with significant lethality, is rare, especially in adult and adolescent patients, recent reports highlight that these infections are on the rise. OBJECTIVES To describe the demographic and clinical features of reported cases of life-t...