Actor Val Kilmer, 65, died of pneumonia this week, his daughter confirmed. Dr. Marc Siegel discusses common causes and risks ...

Clinical trials conducted in patients with CAP treated on an outpatient basis provide relevant data for clinicians dealing with management of this common serious infection. A number of trials have ...

safety and tolerability of oral moxifloxacin in outpatients with respiratory tract infections treated in general practices in Germany with the focus on community-acquired pneumonia (CAP).

Among older adults who were treated for community-acquired pneumonia in the hospital, 12% were misdiagnosed, researchers ...

A new systematic review and meta-analysis published in BMC Geriatrics reveals that glucocorticoid therapy was associated with improved survival rates in older adults with severe community-acquired ...

Mesencephalic astrocyte-derived neurotrophic factor (MANF), a novel endoplasmic reticulum stress-induced neurotrophic factor, exerts a protective role in both nervous and non-nervous systems. However, ...

New review links antimicrobial stewardship programs to reduced mortality and faster clinical stability in hospitalized adults ...

Babies and children between the ages of three months and 11-years-old with pneumonia should be offered a three-day rather than five-day course of antibiotics, according to a new draft NICE guideline.

Babies and children aged between three months and 11 years of age with pneumonia should be offered a three-day course of ...