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ArticleMedical sciences (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Defining Community-Acquired Pneumonia as a Public Health Threat: Arguments in Favor from Spanish Investigators.

Catia Cillóniz, Rosario Menéndez, Carolina García-Vidal, Juan Manuel Péricas, Antoni Torres

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Article in Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Catia CillónizDepartment of Pneumology, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona; August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona; Center for Biomedical Research Networking Centers in Respiratory Diseases (Ciberes), 08036 Barcelona, Spain.
Rosario MenéndezDepartment of Pneumology, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe/Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria (IIS) La Fe; Center for Biomedical Research Network in Respiratory Diseases (Ciberes), 46026 Valencia, Spain.
Carolina García-VidalInfectious Diseases Department, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, 08036 Barcelona, Spain.
Juan Manuel PéricasClinical Direction of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology of Lleida, Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova; Translational Research Group on Infectious Diseases of Lleida (TRIDLE), IRB Lleida, 25198 Lleida, Spain.
Antoni TorresDepartment of Pneumology, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona; August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona; Center for Biomedical Research Networking Centers in Respiratory Diseases (Ciberes), 08036 Barcelona, Spain.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite advances in its prevention, pneumonia remains associated with high morbidity, mortality, and health costs worldwide. Studies carried out in the last decade have indicated that more patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) now require hospitalization. In addition, pneumonia management poses many challenges, especially due to the increase in the number of elderly patients with multiple comorbidities, antibiotic-resistant pathogens, and the difficulty of rapid diagnosis. In this new call to action, we present a wide-ranging review of the information currently available on CAP and offer some reflections on ways to raise awareness of this disease among the general public. We discuss the burden of CAP and the importance of attaining better, faster microbiological diagnosis and initiating appropriate treatment. We also suggest that closer cooperation between health professionals and the population at large could improve the management of this largely preventable infectious disease that takes many lives each year.

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community-acquired pneumoniapneumoniapneumonia burdenpneumonia epidemiology

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PMCPMC7151587

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