Comparison of ETA and BALF mNGS in Severe Pneumonia

Comparison of ETA and BALF mNGS in Severe Pneumonia

Our study showed that some differences in the microbiological diagnosis via endotracheal aspirate (ETA) mNGS and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) appear to exist. Clinicians... read more

HSV-1 Reactivation Associated with Increased Mortality Risk and Pneumonia in COVID-19 Patients

HSV-1 Reactivation Associated with Increased Mortality Risk and Pneumonia in COVID-19 Patients

Critically ill COVID-19 patients frequently reactivate HSV-1 but not HSV-2. HSV-1 reactivation in critically ill COVID-19 patients was associated with an increased risk of day-60 mortality and hospital-acquired pneumonia... read more

Development and Assessment of Objective Surveillance Definitions for Nonventilator Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia

Development and Assessment of Objective Surveillance Definitions for Nonventilator Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia

These findings suggest that objective surveillance for NV-HAP using electronically computable definitions that incorporate common clinical criteria is feasible and generates incidence, mortality, and adjusted ORs for hospital... read more

Antibiotic Treatment of Hospital-acquired Pneumonia

Antibiotic Treatment of Hospital-acquired Pneumonia

Although more prospective therapy trials of Hospital-acquired Pneumonia (HAP) are needed, based on currently available data, it is possible to use an approach that provides appropriate therapy without the overuse of broad-spectrum... read more

Incidence of NV-HAP in the United States

Incidence of NV-HAP in the United States

Because nonventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia (NV-HAP) is understudied, our purpose was to determine the incidence, overall burden, and level of documented pneumonia preventive interventions of NV-HAP in 24 U.S. hospitals.... read more

Few ICU Patients with Pneumonia Tested for Virus Infections

Few ICU Patients with Pneumonia Tested for Virus Infections

Researchers investigated the clinical practices of testing for respiratory virus infections in intensive care unit (ICU) patients with suspected community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) or hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) and... read more