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Microbiological Testing of Adults Hospitalised With Community-Acquired Pneumonia: An International Study Publisher



Carugati M1, 2, 3, 124 ; Aliberti S4, 5 ; Reyes LF6, 7 ; Sadud RF8 ; Irfan M9, 144 ; Prat C10 ; Soni NJ11, 118, 226 ; Faverio P12, 127 ; Gori A3, 4 ; Blasi F4, 5 ; Restrepo MI11, 118 ; Aruj PK13 ; Attorri S15 ; Barimboim E16 Show All Authors
Authors
  1. Carugati M1, 2, 3, 124
  2. Aliberti S4, 5
  3. Reyes LF6, 7
  4. Sadud RF8
  5. Irfan M9, 144
  6. Prat C10
  7. Soni NJ11, 118, 226
  8. Faverio P12, 127
  9. Gori A3, 4
  10. Blasi F4, 5
  11. Restrepo MI11, 118
  12. Aruj PK13
  13. Attorri S15
  14. Barimboim E16
  15. Caeiro JP17
  16. Garzon MI17
  17. Cambursano VH18
  18. Ceccato A19
  19. Chertcoff J20
  20. Diaz AC21
  21. De Vedia L22
  22. Ganaha MC23
  23. Lambert S24
  24. Lopardo G25
  25. Luna CM26
  26. Malberti AG27
  27. Morcillo N28
  28. Tartara S28
  29. Pensotti C29
  30. Pereyra B30
  31. Scapellato PG31
  32. Stagnaro JP32
  33. Shah S33
  34. Lotsch F34
  35. Thalhammer F34
  36. Anseeuw K35
  37. Francois CA36
  38. Van Braeckel E37
  39. Vincent JL38
  40. Djimon MZ39
  41. Bashi J39
  42. Dodo R39
  43. Nouer SA40
  44. Chipev P41
  45. Encheva M41
  46. Miteva D42
  47. Petkova D43
  48. Balkissou AD14
  49. Yone EWP44
  50. Ngahane BHM45
  51. Shen N46
  52. Xu JF47
  53. Rico CAB48
  54. Buitrago R48
  55. Paternina FJP49
  56. Ntumba JMK50
  57. Carevic VV51
  58. Jakopovic M52
  59. Jankovic M53
  60. Matkovic Z54
  61. Mitrecic I55
  62. Jacobsson MLB56
  63. Christensen AB57
  64. Bodtger UCH58
  65. Meyer CN59
  66. Jensen AV60
  67. Baunbaekknudsen G60
  68. Petersen PT60
  69. Andersen S60
  70. Abd Elwahhab IES61
  71. Morsy NE62
  72. Shafiek H63
  73. Sobh E64
  74. Abdulsemed KA65
  75. Bertrand F66
  76. Brunbuisson C67
  77. De Montmollin E68
  78. Fartoukh M69
  79. Messika J70, 71
  80. Tattevin P72
  81. Khoury A73
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  83. Dreher M75
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  91. Creutz P82, 149
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  267. Shah RD228
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Authors Affiliations
  1. 1. Division of Infectious Diseases, San Gerardo Hospital, ASST Monza, Monza, Italy
  2. 2. Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
  3. 3. Internal Medicine Dept, Infectious Diseases Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Milano, Milan, Italy
  4. 4. Dept of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Universita degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
  5. 5. Internal Medicine Dept, Respiratory Unit and Adult Cystic Fibrosis Center, Fondazione IRCCS Ca Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Milano, Milan, Italy
  6. 6. Dept of Microbiology, Universidad de La Sabana, Chia, Colombia
  7. 7. Dept of Critical Care Medicine, Clinica Universidad de La Sabana, Chia, Colombia
  8. 8. Dept of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Naples, FL, United States
  9. 9. Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Dept of Medicine, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
  10. 10. Dept of Microbiology, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Institut d’Investigacio Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Spain
  11. 11. South Texas Veterans Health Care System and University of Texas Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States
  12. 12. Cardio-Thoracic-Vascular Dept, University of Milan Bicocca, Respiratory Unit, San Gerardo Hospital, ASST Monza, Monza, Italy
  13. 13. Dept of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Alfredo Lanari, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  14. 14. Yaounde Jamot Hospital, Yaounde, Cameroon
  15. 15. Hospital Luis Lago Maggiore, Mendoza, Argentina
  16. 16. Hospital Central de Mendoza, Argentina
  17. 17. Hospital Privado Universitario, Cordoba, Argentina
  18. 18. V.H. Dr Cazaux A. Servicio de Neumologia, Hospital Rawson, Cordoba, Argentina
  19. 19. Hospital Nacional Prof Alejandro Posadas, Argentina
  20. 20. Florencia Lascar and Fernando Di Tulio, Critical Care Unit and Respiratory Medicine, Buenos Aires British Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  21. 21. Hospital General Alvear, Ciudad, Mendoza, Argentina
  22. 22. Respiratory Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Muniz, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  23. 23. Infectious Diseases Ward, Hospital Interzonal General de Agudos “Vicente Lopez y Planes” from General Rodriguez, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  24. 24. Hospital El Cruce – Alta Complejidad en Red, Argentina
  25. 25. Hospital Bernardo Houssay, Vicente Lopez, Argentina
  26. 26. Pulmonary Medicine Division, Dept of Medicine, Hospital de Clinicas, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
  27. 27. Hospital Nuestra Senora del Carmen, Argentina
  28. 28. Hospital Zonal Especializado de Agudos y Cronicos Dr Antonio A. Cetrangolo, Argentina
  29. 29. Infectious Diseases and Infection Control Dept, Buenos Aires, Clinica Privada Monte Grande, Argentina
  30. 30. Hospital San Roque, Cordoba, Argentina
  31. 31. Infectious Diseases Dept, Hospital D.F. Santojanni, Argentina
  32. 32. HZGA Mi Pueblo, Florencio Varela, Argentina
  33. 33. Dept of General Medicine, Austin hospital, Heidelberg, Australia
  34. 34. Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Dept of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
  35. 35. ZNA Campus Stuivenberg, Antwerp, Belgium
  36. 36. Anesthesia and Critical Care Dept, Erasme University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
  37. 37. Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium
  38. 38. Dept of Intensive Care, Erasme University Hospital, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
  39. 39. Centre Hospitalier Universitaire HKM of Cotonou, Benin
  40. 40. Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  41. 41. Clinic of Pulmonary Diseases, Military Medical Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria
  42. 42. UMHAT “St Marina”, Varna, Bulgaria
  43. 43. University Hospital, Varna, Bulgaria
  44. 44. Departement de Medecine Interne, University of Yaounde, Yaounde, Cameroon
  45. 45. Douala General Hospital, Douala, Cameroon
  46. 46. Respiratory Medicine, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China
  47. 47. Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University, China
  48. 48. Clinica Shaio, Bogota, Colombia
  49. 49. Las Americas Clinic, Medellin, Colombia
  50. 50. Cliniques Universitaires de Kinshasa, Congo
  51. 51. Interne Medicine, Dubrovnik, Croatia
  52. 52. Medical School, University of Zagreb, Dept for Respiratory Diseases Jordanovac, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
  53. 53. University Hospital Center Zagreb, Dept for Respiratory Diseases, Zagreb, Croatia
  54. 54. University Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia
  55. 55. Karlovac general hospital, Karlovac, Croatia
  56. 56. Emergency Dept, Nordsjaellands Hospital, Hillerod, Denmark
  57. 57. Dept of Anaethesiology, Viborg Region Hospital, Denmark
  58. 58. Dept of Pulmonology, Naestved Hospital, Denmark
  59. 59. Dept of Internal Medicine, Roskilde Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark
  60. 60. Dept of Lung and Infectious Diseases, Nordsjaellands Hospital, Hillerod, Denmark
  61. 61. Thoracic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Egypt
  62. 62. Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
  63. 63. Chest Diseases Dept, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt
  64. 64. Chest Diseases Dept, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
  65. 65. Dept of Medical Laboratory Science and Pathology, College of Health Sciences, Mycobacteriology Research Centre, Institute of Biotechnology Research, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia
  66. 66. Critical Care Unit, Robert Ballanger Hospital, Aulnay sous Bois, France
  67. 67. Univ Hospital Henri Mondor, Creteil, 94000, France
  68. 68. Intensive Care Unit, Hopital Delafontaine, Centre hospitalier de Saint-Denis, Saint-Denis, France
  69. 69. Unite de reanimation medico-chirurgicale, Pole Thorax Voies aeriennes, Hopital Tenon, Groupe Hospitalier Est Parisien, France
  70. 70. Publique-Hopital de Paris, Service de Reanimation Medico-chirurgicale, Hopital Louis Mourier, Colombes, France
  71. 71. Universite Paris Diderot, IAME, UMR 1137, Sorbonne Paris Cite, Paris, France
  72. 72. Infectious Diseases and ICU, Pontchaillou University Hospital, Rennes, France
  73. 73. Dept of Emergency Medicine and Critical Care, University of Franche – Comte, Medical Center, France
  74. 74. Medical Research Council Unit, Gambia
  75. 75. Dept of Cardiology, Pneumology, Vascular Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany
  76. 76. Division of Pulmonology, Medical Dept I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universitat Dresden, Germany
  77. 77. Klinikum Niederlausitz GmbH, Klinik fur Innere Medizin und Intensivmedizin, Senftenberg, Germany
  78. 78. Center for Infectious Diseases and Infection Control, Jena University Hospital, Germany
  79. 79. Dept of Molecular and Infectious Diseases, University of Lubeck, Lubeck, Germany
  80. 80. Zentrum fur Pneumologie, Agaplesion Diakonieklinikum Rotenburg, Germany
  81. 81. Internal Medicine Dept, Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Dept of Health, School of Medicine, University Witten-Herdecke, St Remigius-Hospital, Leverkusen, Germany
  82. 82. Dept of Infectious Disease and Respiratory Medicine, Charite – University Medicine, Berlin, Germany
  83. 83. Komfo-Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana
  84. 84. 5th Respiratory Medicine Dept, “SOTIRIA” Chest Hospital, Athens, Greece
  85. 85. Medical Group of Athens (Paleo Faliro Clinic), Athens, Greece
  86. 86. Agioi Anargiroi Hospital, Kifissia, Athens, Greece
  87. 87. Intensive Care Unit, “G. Papanikolaou” General Hospital of Thessaloniki, Greece
  88. 88. 7th Respiratory Medicine Dept and Asthma Center, Athens Chest Hospital, Greece
  89. 89. S.S. Hospital IMS BHU Varanasi, India
  90. 90. Fortis Hospitals, Kolkata, India
  91. 91. Dept of Pulmonary Medicine, St John’s Medical College Hospital, Bangalore, India
  92. 92. Dept of Respiratory Medicine, King George’s Medical University UP, Lucknow, India
  93. 93. Dept of Internal and Pulmonary Medicine, SheriKashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, India
  94. 94. Dept of Pulmonary Medicine, JSS Medical College, JSS University, Mysore, India
  95. 95. Pulmonary Medicine, Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala, India
  96. 96. Columbia Asia Hospital, Hebbal, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
  97. 97. Dept of Respiratory Medicine, King George’s Medical University, Chowk, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
  98. 98. Getwell Hospital and Research Institute, Nagpur, Dhantoli, India
  99. 99. Respiratory Research Network of India (RRNI) from the Chest Research Foundation in Pune, India
  100. 100. Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Iran
  101. 101. Letterkenny General Hospital, Co Donegal, Ireland
  102. 102. Multidisciplinary Intensive Care Research Organization (MICRO), St James’s University Hospital, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, Dublin, Ireland
  103. 103. Infectious Disease Unit, Affiliated to Tel Aviv University, Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, Israel
  104. 104. Dept of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hadassah-Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
  105. 105. University of Palermo, Pneumologia DiBiMIS, Palermo, Italy
  106. 106. Internal Medicine Dept, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
  107. 107. Pulmonary Rehabilitation, IRCCS Fondazione Maugeri, Pavia, Italy
  108. 108. Dept of Pulmunology, University Hospital, Trieste, Italy
  109. 109. Dept of Health Sciences, Clinic of Infectious Disease, San Paolo Hospital, University of Milan, Italy
  110. 110. Interventional Pneumology, Hospital Antonio Cardarelli, Naples, Italy
  111. 111. UOC Pneumologia P.O. San Filippo Neri ASL RM E Roma, Italy
  112. 112. Respiratory Diseases clinic, Policlinico di Modena, Modena, Italy
  113. 113. UOC Fisiopatologia e Riabilitazione Respiratoria AO Ospedali dei Colli PO Monaldi, Italy
  114. 114. Pulmonary Medicine Unit, San Martino Hospital, ASL 5 Oristano, Sardegna, Italy
  115. 115. Dept of Cardiac-Thoracic-Vascular and Intensive Care Medicine, Pneumology Unit, IRCCS- Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy
  116. 116. Azienda Ospedaliera Sant Anna di Como, Presidio Ospedale S. Anna Nuovo, Unita Operativa di Pneumologia, Como, Italy
  117. 117. Alma Mater University of Bologna, DIMES, Respiratory and Critical Care Unit Sant’Orsola Malpighi Hospital, Italy
  118. 118. Respiratory Unit, Versilia Hospital, Azienda USL 12 Viareggio, Lido di Camaiore, Lucca, Italy
  119. 119. Emergency Medicine Unit, S. Andrea Hospital, Vercelli, Italy
  120. 120. Internal Medicine Dept, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria S. Maria della Misericordia, Udine, Italy
  121. 121. Pulmonology Unit, A.O. Sant Anna di Como, Italy
  122. 122. Spedali Civili Brescia, U.O. Pneumologia e Fisiopatologia Respiratoria, Brescia, Italy
  123. 123. ULSS 18 Rovigo, Ospedale San Luca, Trecenta, Italy
  124. 124. Dept of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Division of Infectious Diseases, Luigi Sacco Hospital, Universita degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
  125. 125. Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri, IRCCS, Cassano Murge, Italy
  126. 126. Allergology and Clinical Immunology Unit, Dept of Medical Sciences, Battipaglia Hospital, Battipaglia, Salerno, Italy
  127. 127. Unit of Respiratory Pathophysiology and Thoracic Endoscopy, Campus Bio Medico University and Teaching Hospital, Rome, Italy
  128. 128. UO Pneumologia, Ospedale Pederzoli, Peschiera del Garda, Italy
  129. 129. Yokohama City University Medical Center, Japan
  130. 130. Medicine School, St Joseph University, Beyrouth, Lebanon
  131. 131. National Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Mexico
  132. 132. Hospital General de Mexicali, Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico
  133. 133. Hospital Universitario, Monterrey, Mexico
  134. 134. Hospital for Lung Diseases – Brezovik, Niksic, Montenegro
  135. 135. Dept Clinical Pharmacy, St Antonius Hospital, Utrecht, Nieuwegein, Netherlands
  136. 136. BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Nepal
  137. 137. Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Patan Hospital, Nepal
  138. 138. Medical Research Institute of New Zealand, New Zealand
  139. 139. Dept of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Lily Hospitals Limited, Warri, Nigeria
  140. 140. University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Nigeria
  141. 141. Olabisi Onabanjo University teaching hospital, Sagamu, Ogun State, Nigeria
  142. 142. Dept of Medicine (Pulmonary Unit), University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria
  143. 143. Dept of Medicine, Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria
  144. 144. Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Dept of Medicine, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
  145. 145. Dept of Lung Diseases and Tuberculosis, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland
  146. 146. Dept of Pneumology, School of Medicine in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Institute of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, Sosnowiec, Poland
  147. 147. Hospital Pulido Valente – CHLN, Lisbon, Portugal
  148. 148. Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal
  149. 149. Dept of Infectious Disease and Respiratory Medicine, Charite – University Medicine, Berlin, Germany
  150. 150. Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Largo Prof Abel Salazar, Porto, Portugal
  151. 151. Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Beira Interior Cova da Beira Hospital Center, Covilha, Portugal
  152. 152. Dept of Pneumology and Allergology, State University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Nicolae Testemitanu”, Moldova
  153. 153. Clinic of Anesthesia and Intensive Care “Valeriu Ghrerg”, Institute of Emergency Medicine, State University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Nicolae Testemitanu”, Chisinau, Moldova
  154. 154. SMFU N. Testemitanu, Chisinau, Moldova
  155. 155. Dept of Pneumology and Allergology, State University of Medicine and Pharmacy Nicolae Testemitanu”, Chisinau, Moldova
  156. 156. Hospital Sfantul Stefan, Bucharest, Romania
  157. 157. Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie “Gr. T. Popa” Ia si Facultatea de Medicina Stomatologica, Spitalul Clinic de Boli Infectioase “Sfanta Parascheva”, Iasi, Romania
  158. 158. Dept of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Emergency Medicine, Medical Academy named after S.I. Georgievsky, Russian Federation
  159. 159. Volgograd State Medical University, Russian Federation
  160. 160. King Fahad medical City (KFMC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  161. 161. College of Medicine, Taibah University, Medina, Saudi Arabia
  162. 162. Al Faisal University, King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  163. 163. Mansoura University Egypt, Affiliate at Taibah University, Saudi Arabia
  164. 164. Infectious Diseases Section, Medical Specialties Dept, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  165. 165. Pulmonology Division, Dept of Internal Medicine, King Fahad Hospital, Hofuf, Al Ahasa, Saudi Arabia
  166. 166. Dammam University-Saudi Arabia and King Fahad Hospital, Saudi Arabia
  167. 167. Pulmonary Dept of KHC Dr Dragisa Misovic, Belgrade, Serbia
  168. 168. Clinic for Pulmonary Diseases, Clinical Centre of Serbia, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
  169. 169. University of Belgrade School of Medicine, Teaching Hospital of Pulmonology, Clinical Centre of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
  170. 170. Division of Pulmonology, Dept of Internal Medicine, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
  171. 171. Inje Univ Seoul Paik Hospital, South Korea
  172. 172. Respiratory and Sleep Unit, Hospital San Jorge, Huesca, Spain
  173. 173. Barcelona Policlinic and Moises Broggi Hospital at Sant Joan Despi, Spain
  174. 174. Sant Hospital Seu de Urgell, Catalonia, Spain
  175. 175. Dept of Pneumology, Institut Clinic del Torax, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Institut d’Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Spain
  176. 176. Infectious Diseases Unit and Pneumology Service, Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Deu, Sant Boi, Barcelona, Spain
  177. 177. Hospital Complex of Pontevedra, Spain
  178. 178. Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Spain
  179. 179. Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Hospital de Sabadell, Institut Universitari Parc Tauli-UAB, Sabadell, CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias, CIBERES, Bunyola, Spain
  180. 180. Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Hospital Costa del Sol, Marbella, Malaga, Spain
  181. 181. Emergency Dept, Hospital Universitario Clinico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain
  182. 182. Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
  183. 183. Hospital Mollet, Barcelona, Spain
  184. 184. University Hospital Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
  185. 185. Servicio de Neumologia, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruna (CHUAC), INIBIC, Sergas, Universidade de A Coruna (UDC), Spain
  186. 186. Pneumology Service, University and Polytechnic Hospital La Fe, Valencia, Spain
  187. 187. Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Area de Gestion Clinica de Pulmon, Servicio de Neumologia, Oviedo, Spain
  188. 188. Alicia Lacoma de la Torre and Ignasi Garcia-Olive, Microbiology Dept and Pneumology Dept, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Institut d’Investigacio Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Spain
  189. 189. Critical Care Dept, Hospital Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
  190. 190. Servicio de Neumologia, Consorci Hospital General Universitari de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
  191. 191. Servei de Pneumologia, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, IIB-Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
  192. 192. Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr Negrin, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
  193. 193. Pulmology Dept, Hospital of Galdakao-Usansolo, Spain
  194. 194. Hospital Universitari Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
  195. 195. Intensive Care Medicine, Hospital de Mataro, Spain
  196. 196. Pulmonology and Infectious Diseases Service, University Hospital of Sylvanus Olympio, Lome, Togo
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  199. 199. Pulmonary Medicine, Istanbul Bilim University, Istanbul, Turkey
  200. 200. Suat Seren Chest Disease and Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
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  202. 202. Dubai Hospital, United Arab Emirates
  203. 203. University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
  204. 204. Royal Respiratory Research Team, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom
  205. 205. Royal Infirmary and University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
  206. 206. The Royal London Hospital, Barts Health Trust, London, United Kingdom
  207. 207. Hairmyres Hospital, Eaglesham Road, East Kilbride, United Kingdom
  208. 208. Dept of Respiratory Medicine, St James’s Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom
  209. 209. Southport and Ormskirk Hospitals NHS Trust, United Kingdom
  210. 210. Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
  211. 211. University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, United States
  212. 212. Texas A&M Health Science Center, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Baylor Scott & White Health, TX, United States
  213. 213. Fargo VA Health Care System, Fargo, ND, United States
  214. 214. Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI, United States
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  216. 216. Division of Hospital Medicine, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, IL, United States
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  220. 220. John Peter Smith Hospital, Fort Worth, TX, United States
  221. 221. SUNY Stony Brook Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, NY, United States
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  223. 223. Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, IL, United States
  224. 224. VA Caribbean Healthcare System, United States
  225. 225. Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, United States
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Source: ERJ Open Research Published:2018


Abstract

This study aimed to describe real-life microbiological testing of adults hospitalised with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and to assess concordance with the 2007 Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)/American Thoracic Society (ATS) and 2011 European Respiratory Society (ERS) CAP guidelines. This was a cohort study based on the Global Initiative for Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Pneumonia (GLIMP) database, which contains point-prevalence data on adults hospitalised with CAP across 54 countries during 2015. In total, 3702 patients were included. Testing was performed in 3217 patients, and included blood culture (71.1%), sputum culture (61.8%), Legionella urinary antigen test (30.1%), pneumococcal urinary antigen test (30.0%), viral testing (14.9%), acute-phase serology (8.8%), bronchoalveolar lavage culture (8.4%) and pleural fluid culture (3.2%). A pathogen was detected in 1173 (36.5%) patients. Testing attitudes varied significantly according to geography and disease severity. Testing was concordant with IDSA/ATS and ERS guidelines in 16.7% and 23.9% of patients, respectively. IDSA/ATS concordance was higher in Europe than in North America (21.5% versus 9.8%; p<0.01), while ERS concordance was higher in North America than in Europe (33.5% versus 19.5%; p<0.01). Testing practices of adults hospitalised with CAP varied significantly by geography and disease severity. There was a wide discordance between real-life testing practices and IDSA/ATS/ERS guideline recommendations. © ERS 2018.
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