[Various new pathogens in pneumonia].
The table summarizes the many newly recognized agents causing lower respiratory tract infections: gram + cocci, Streptococcus agalactiae, enterococci; gram-rods, acinetobacter, Aeromonas hydrophila, Eikenella corrodens; Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistant to multiple drugs, intracellular organisms and viruses. Some details are given in four chapters: Pneumococci resistant to penicillin G which must be detected and impose new therapeutic strategies; Chlamydia pneumoniae with its difficulties for the diagnosis and the absence of standardized therapeutic trials; Streptococcus pyogenes with a recrudescence of severe and invasive infections, TSS and virulence factors; the pulmonary Hantavirus syndrome with 105 patients recognized (mortality 52%) in the USA and Canada, the homeland of the deermouse (Peromiscus maniculatus).
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Clinique de médecine, Hôpital Cantonal, Fribourg.
D016993:Chlamydophila pneumoniae / Q000472:pathogenicity; D006476:Orthohantavirus / Q000472:pathogenicity; D006801:Humans; D010400:Penicillin G / Q000494:pharmacology; D010403:Penicillin Resistance; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology*; D011024:Pneumonia, Viral / Q000821:virology; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000187:drug effects; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000472:pathogenicity; D014774:Virulence
D010400:Penicillin G
Quelques nouveaux agents pathogènes dans les pneumonies.