title: Severe community-acquired pneumonia.
abstract: Severe community-acquired pneumonia is now considered a separate clinical entity that is important to recognize, particularly because of its high mortality rate. This article reviews several of the studies published in the past year that focus on risk and prognostic factors, etiology, diagnostic evaluation, pathogenesis, and therapy of this important condition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, of the Witwatersrand, Medical School, Johannesburg, South Africa.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Feldman
mesh_terms: D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy