Mark L Metersky,Andre C Kalil
Mark L Metersky
Two recent major guidelines on diagnosis and treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) recommend consideration of local antibiotic resistance patterns and individual patient risks for resistant pathogens when formulating an initial...
Novel and Rapid Diagnostics for Common Infections in the Critically Ill Patient [0.03%]
危重病人常见感染的新型快速诊断方法
Chiagozie I Pickens,Richard G Wunderink
Chiagozie I Pickens
There are several novel platforms that enhance detection of pathogens that cause common infections in the intensive care unit. These platforms have a sample to answer time of a few hours, are often higher yield than culture, and have the po...
Sarah Sungurlu,Robert A Balk
Sarah Sungurlu
Biomarkers are used in the diagnosis, severity determination, and prognosis for patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). Selected biomarkers may indicate a bacterial infection and need for antibiotic therapy (C-reactive protein, pr...
Christopher D Bertini Jr,Fareed Khawaja,Ajay Sheshadri
Christopher D Bertini Jr
Immunocompromised hosts, which encompass a diverse population of persons with malignancies, human immunodeficiency virus disease, solid organ, and hematologic transplants, autoimmune diseases, and primary immunodeficiencies, bear a signific...
Radiographic Imaging of Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Case-Based Review [0.03%]
社区获得性肺炎的射线成像：基于病例的回顾
Lacey Washington,Bryan O&#x;Sullivan-Murphy,Jared D Christensen et al.
Lacey Washington et al.
The chest radiograph is the most common imaging examination performed in most radiology departments, and one of the more common indications for these studies is suspected infection. Radiologists must therefore be aware of less common radiog...
Rodrigo Cavallazzi,Julio A Ramirez
Rodrigo Cavallazzi
Influenza and other respiratory viruses are commonly identified in patients with community-acquired pneumonia, hospital-acquired pneumonia, and in immunocompromised patients with pneumonia. Clinically, it is difficult to differentiate viral...
Viral Pneumonias [0.03%]
病毒性肺炎
Jennifer Febbo,Jonathan Revels,Loren Ketai
Jennifer Febbo
Viral pneumonia is usually community acquired and caused by influenza, parainfluenza, respiratory syncytial virus, human metapneumovirus, and adenovirus. Many of these infections are airway centric and chest imaging demonstrates bronchiolit...
Thomas S Murray,Gail Stanley,Jonathan L Koff
Thomas S Murray
Patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) often develop respiratory tract infections with pathogenic multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and a variety of gram-negative organisms that include P...
Opportunistic Infections Post-Lung Transplantation: Viral, Fungal, and Mycobacterial [0.03%]
肺移植后的机遇性感染：病毒、真菌及分枝杆菌感染
Gabriela Magda
Gabriela Magda
Opportunistic infections are a leading cause of lung transplant recipient morbidity and mortality. Risk factors for infection include continuous exposure of the lung allograft to the external environment, high levels of immunosuppression, i...