Epidemiology and etiology of community-acquired pneumonia.
The seriousness of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), despite being a reasonably common and potentially lethal disease, often is under estimated by physicians and patients alike. CAP results in more than 10 million visits to physicians, 64 million days of restricted activity, and 600,000 hospitalizations. This article discusses the epidemiology and bacterial causes of CAP in immunocompetent adults and the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus.
Mandell
Lionel A
LA
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Henderson Site, 711 Concession Street, 40 Wing, 5th Floor, Room 503, Hamilton, ON Canada L8V 1C3. lmandell@mcmaster.ca
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001419:Bacteria / Q000472:pathogenicity; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D045473:Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus / Q000472:pathogenicity; D045169:Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology*