Gastric Perforation with Omental Patch Repair: A Rare Complication of Pulmonary Resuscitation in COVID-19 Pneumonia by Vincent Marcucci, Ratul Bhattacharyya, Stephanie Yee, Jamshed Zuberi, Mark Ingram

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Change in Antimicrobial Therapy Based on Bronchoalveolar Lavage Data Improves Outcomes in ICU Patients with Suspected Pneumonia by Bharti Chogtu, Vrinda Mariya Elenjickal, Dharma U. Shetty, Mahsheeba Asbin, Vasudeva Guddattu, Rahul Magazine

“…Flexible bronchoscopy (FB) is often performed in critically ill patients with suspected pneumonia. It is assumed that there will be an association with improved outcomes when bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) data lead to a change in antimicrobial therapy. …”
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Treatment of Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Are All Countries Treating Children in the Same Way? A Literature Review by Daniele Donà, Dora Luise, Liviana Da Dalt, Carlo Giaquinto

“…Background. Pneumonia represents an important threat to children’s health in both developed and developing countries. …”
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Observations from a Multicentre Study on the Use of the Sputum Specimen in Patients Hospitalized with Community-Acquired Pneumonia by EL Taylor, TJ Marrie, MJ Fine, DS Obroskyl, WN Kapoor, C Coley, DE Singer

“…OBJECTIVE: To describe the use of sputum Gram stain and culture in patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and to determine the factors that are associated with obtaining sputum for culture.…”
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Characterization of patients admitted with pneumonia and a negative diagnostic test for COVID-19 in the intensive care unit by Rodolfo Javier Rivero Morey, Lietter Aguilar Jure, Yenisel Chang Cuesta, Inte Santana Carballosa, Victor René Navarro Machado, Lya del Rosario Magariño Abreus

“…<br /><strong>Objective</strong>: to characterize patients admitted to the intensive care unit with a diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia and negative for COVID-19.<br /><strong>Methods</strong>: descriptive study, carried out between March/2020 and March/2021, in a series of 338 patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit with a history of negative polymerase chain reaction to COVID-19, but with a diagnosis of acquired pneumonia in the community. …”
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Influenza A/H1N1 Severe Pneumonia: Novel Morphocytological Findings in Bronchoalveolar Lavage by Paola Faverio, Stefano Aliberti, Clinton Ezekiel, Grazia Messinesi, Ambrogio Brenna, Alberto Pesci

“…We present the results of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) performed in three patients with severe influenza A/H1N1 pneumonia complicated by acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). …”
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The Silent Threat of Human Metapneumovirus: Clinical Challenges and Diagnostic Insights from a Severe Pneumonia Case by Rubens Carmo Costa-Filho, Felipe Saddy, João Luiz Ferreira Costa, Leandro Reis Tavares, Hugo Caire Castro Faria Neto

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Meningitis in a Canadian Adult due to High Level Penicillin-Resistant, Cefotaxime-Intermediate Streptococcus pneumoniae by Cécile Tremblay, Anne-Marie Bourgault, Pierre St-Antoine

“…In Canada, the incidence of penicillin resistance among Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates is estimated at greater than 6%. …”
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Lung Ultrasound in Early Diagnosis of Neonatal Ventilator Associated Pneumonia before Any Radiographic or Laboratory Changes by Mohammed Ibrahim, Ahmed Omran, Mostafa Ibrahim, Nouran Bioumy, Sonya El-Sharkawy

“…Neonatal pneumonia is reported to be the primary cause of neonatal respiratory failure and one of the common causes of neonatal hospitalization and death in developing countries. …”
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Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia in Patients with Nephrotic Syndrome: Application of Lymphocyte Subset Analysis in Predicting Clinical Outcomes by Yang Liu, Ke Zheng, Yecheng Liu, Huadong Zhu

“…With immunosuppressants being widely used, Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP) has been increasing and could be life-threatening among HIV-negative patients. …”
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Clinical, Epidemiological and Microbiological Study of Patients Admitted to Intensive Care Units with Mechanical Ventilation Related Pneumonia by Ledys Pérez Morales, Jorge Emilio Barletta Castillo, Hidaleisy Quintana Hernández, Idalmis Reyes Rodríguez, Neisy Otero Espino

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Hospitalization for Community Acquired Pneumonia in Alberta First Nations Aboriginals Compared with Non-First Nations Albertans by Thomas J Marrie, Keumhee C Carriere, Yan Jin, David H Johnson

“…BACKGROUND: The rates and outcomes of hospital admission for community-acquired pneumonia between First Nations Aboriginal and non-First Nations groups were compared.…”
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Dual role of ramR mutation in enhancing immune activation and elevating eravacycline resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae by Wei Yu, Peiyao Jia, Xiaobing Chu, Shengjie Li, Xinmiao Jia, Ying Zhu, Xiaoyu Liu, Yingchun Xu, Qiwen Yang

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Clinical Characteristics, Risk Factors, and Outcomes of Patients With Myocardial Injury due to Klebsiella pneumoniae Bloodstream Infections by Qingqing Chen, Panpan Xu, Zhihui Guan, Feizhen Song, Xinhua Luo, Xijiang Zhang, Chuming Zhang, Ronghai Lin, Cheng Zheng

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Massive Pulmonary Embolism Complicating Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pneumonia: A Case Report by Shruti Hegde, Gemini Yesodharan, John Tedrow, Alena Goldman

“…Patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia are hypercoagulable and are at risk for acute pulmonary embolism. …”
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Acute Pulmonary Aspergillosis as a Severe Complication of Influenza, Pneumococcal Pneumonia, and Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia in ICU by Tamara Seitz, Wolfgang Hoepler, Stephanie Neuhold, Christoph Wenisch

“…Infections with influenza and pneumonia and Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia were diagnosed. …”
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Severe Bradycardia Leading to Hemodynamic Instability Associated with Remdesivir Use in a Patient with COVID-19 Pneumonia by Bhargavi Donepudi, Shikhar Agarwal, Lokendra Thakur

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Sequencing Analysis of Invasive Carbapenem-Resistant <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> Isolates Secondary to Gastrointestinal Colonization by Gaetano Maugeri, Maddalena Calvo, Dafne Bongiorno, Dalida Bivona, Giuseppe Migliorisi, Grete Francesca Privitera, Guido Scalia, Stefania Stefani

Subjects: “…<i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i>…”
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Pulmonary Disease Secondary to Reflux Mimicking Interstitial Pneumonia in Systemic Sclerosis: Case Report and Literature Review by Ricardo Azêdo de Luca Montes, Nathalia Mazolli Veiga, Pedro Gemal Lanzieri, Luis Otávio Cardoso Mocarzel

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Impacts of Pta-AckA pathway on CPS biosynthesis and type 3 fimbriae expression in Klebsiella pneumoniae by Tien-Huang Lin, Chen-Yu Wang, Chien-Chen Wu, Ching-Ting Lin

Subjects: “…Klebsiella pneumoniae…”
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