Pneumonia in the developing world: Characteristic features and approach to management

Detection of lipoarabinomannan (LAM) in urine is an independent predictor of mortality risk in patients receiving treatment for HIV-associated tuberculosis in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

(2016) Ankur Gupta-Wright et al.   BMC Medicine

Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

(2016) Haidong Wang et al.   LANCET

Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Sub-Saharan Africa

(2016) Jamie Rylance et al.   SEMINARS IN RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Mortality reduction in adult community-acquired pneumonia in the UK (2009–2014): results from the British Thoracic Society audit programme

(2016) Priya Daniel et al.   THORAX

Tuberculosis incidence after 36 months’ isoniazid prophylaxis in HIV-infected adults in Botswana

(2015) Taraz Samandari et al.   AIDS

Accuracy of lung ultrasound for the diagnosis of consolidations when compared to chest computed tomography

(2015) Peiman Nazerian et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE

Early Chest Computed Tomography Scan to Assist Diagnosis and Guide Treatment Decision for Suspected Community-acquired Pneumonia

(2015) Yann-Erick Claessens et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Incidence of Pneumococcal Pneumonia Among Adults in Rural Thailand, 2006–2011: Implications for Pneumococcal Vaccine Considerations

(2015) Barameht Piralam et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

Rapid microbiological screening for tuberculosis in HIV-positive patients on the first day of acute hospital admission by systematic testing of urine samples using Xpert MTB/RIF: a prospective cohort in South Africa

(2015) Stephen D. Lawn et al.   BMC Medicine

Chest ultrasonography in patients with HIV: a case series and review of the literature

(2015) Charlotte C. Heuvelings et al.   INFECTION

Viruses and Gram-negative bacilli dominate the etiology of community-acquired pneumonia in Indonesia, a cohort study

(2015) Helmia Farida et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

The role of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation in community-acquired pneumonia

(2015) A. Murad et al.   JOURNAL OF CRITICAL CARE

Effect of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on invasive pneumococcal disease in England and Wales 4 years after its introduction: an observational cohort study

(2015) Pauline A Waight et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

A Clinical Predictor Score for 30-Day Mortality among HIV-Infected Adults Hospitalized with Pneumonia in Uganda

(2015) Catherine A. Koss et al.   PLoS One

Co-trimoxazole prophylaxis in adults, including pregnant women, with HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis

(2015) Amitabh B Suthar et al.   Lancet HIV

Simplified Severe Sepsis Protocol

(2014) Ben Andrews et al.   CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Community-acquired lung respiratory infections in HIV-infected patients: microbial aetiology and outcome

(2014) C. Cilloniz et al.   EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

Antibiotic therapy for inpatients with community-acquired pneumonia in a developing country

(2014) Hieu T. Trinh et al.   PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY

Diagnostic Accuracy of Computer-Aided Detection of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Chest Radiographs: A Validation Study from Sub-Saharan Africa

(2014) Marianne Breuninger et al.   PLoS One

Pneumococcal colonisation density: a new marker for disease severity in HIV-infected adults with pneumonia

(2014) W. C. Albrich et al.   BMJ Open

Acute lower respiratory infections in ≥5 year -old hospitalized patients in Cambodia, a low-income tropical country: clinical characteristics and pathogenic etiology

(2013) Sirenda Vong et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

The incidence and aetiology of hospitalised community-acquired pneumonia among Vietnamese adults: a prospective surveillance in Central Vietnam

(2013) Kensuke Takahashi et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Deaths due to respiratory tract infections in Africa

(2013) Matthew Bates et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PULMONARY MEDICINE

IDSA/ATS minor criteria aid pre-intensive care unit resuscitation in severe community-acquired pneumonia

(2013) H. F. Lim et al.   EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

Antibiotic non-susceptibility among Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae isolates identified in African cohorts: a meta-analysis of three decades of published studies

(2013) Amy Sarah Ginsburg et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS

Feasibility, accuracy, and clinical effect of point-of-care Xpert MTB/RIF testing for tuberculosis in primary-care settings in Africa: a multicentre, randomised, controlled trial

(2013) Grant Theron et al.   LANCET

Advances in tuberculosis diagnostics: the Xpert MTB/RIF assay and future prospects for a point-of-care test

(2013) Stephen D Lawn et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Development of a Simple Reliable Radiographic Scoring System to Aid the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis

(2013) Lancelot M. Pinto et al.   PLoS One

Estimating the Burden of Pneumococcal Pneumonia among Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Diagnostic Techniques

(2013) Maria A. Said et al.   PLoS One

Severity Assessment of Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in Malawi: Derivation of a Novel Index (SWAT-Bp) Which Outperforms CRB-65

(2013) Edmund Birkhamshaw et al.   PLoS One

Risk factors for community-acquired pneumonia in adults in Europe: a literature review

(2013) Antoni Torres et al.   THORAX

Surveillance Programme of IN-patients and Epidemiology (SPINE): Implementation of an Electronic Data Collection Tool within a Large Hospital in Malawi

(2013) Miguel A. SanJoaquin et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

Chest radiographic findings of pulmonary tuberculosis in severely immunocompromised patients with the human immunodeficiency virus

(2012) H N Kisembo et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY

Macrolide-Based Regimens and Mortality in Hospitalized Patients With Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

(2012) Leyla Asadi et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Invasive non-typhoidal salmonella disease: an emerging and neglected tropical disease in Africa

(2012) Nicholas A Feasey et al.   LANCET

Etiology and Incidence of Viral and Bacterial Acute Respiratory Illness among Older Children and Adults in Rural Western Kenya, 2007–2010

(2012) Daniel R. Feikin et al.   PLoS One

Prospective Evaluation of Point-of-Care Ultrasonography for the Diagnosis of Pneumonia in Children and Young Adults

(2012) Vaishali P. Shah et al.   JAMA Pediatrics

Etiology of Suspected Pneumonia in Adults Admitted to a High-Dependency Unit in Blantyre, Malawi

(2011) Thomas K. Hartung et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

Clinical Features and Epidemiology of Melioidosis Pneumonia: Results From a 21-Year Study and Review of the Literature

(2011) E. M. Meumann et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Accuracy of β -D-glucan for the diagnosis of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia: a meta-analysis

(2011) D.E. Karageorgopoulos et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Pulmonary infections in HIV-infected patients: an update in the 21st century

(2011) N. Benito et al.   EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

Fluoroquinolones are associated with delayed treatment and resistance in tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

(2010) Tun-Chieh Chen et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

A Trial of a 7-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine in HIV-Infected Adults

(2010) Neil French et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Respiratory infections unique to Asia

(2010) Kenneth W. TSANG et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Clinical and economic burden of community-acquired pneumonia among adults in Europe

(2010) T Welte et al.   THORAX

Severity assessment tools for predicting mortality in hospitalised patients with community-acquired pneumonia. Systematic review and meta-analysis

(2010) J. D. Chalmers et al.   THORAX

Clinical features and etiology of pneumonia in acid-fast bacillus sputum smear-negative HIV-infected patients hospitalized in Asia and Africa

(2009) Muriel Vray et al.   AIDS

Predictors of Pneumocystosis or Tuberculosis in HIV-Infected Asian Patients With AFB Smear-Negative Sputum Pneumonia

(2009) Odile Le Minor et al.   JAIDS-JOURNAL OF ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES

New perspectives on community-acquired pneumonia in 388 406 patients. Results from a nationwide mandatory performance measurement programme in healthcare quality

(2009) S Ewig et al.   THORAX

BTS guidelines for the management of community acquired pneumonia in adults: update 2009

(2009) W S Lim et al.   THORAX

The Etiology of Community‐Acquired Pneumonia in Australia: Why Penicillin plus Doxycycline or a Macrolide Is the Most Appropriate Therapy

(2008) Patrick G. P. Charles et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Clinical and microbiological characteristics of community-acquired pneumonia among human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients in northern Thailand

(2008) Hiroshi Watanabe et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTION AND CHEMOTHERAPY