title: Epidemic viral pneumonia and other emerging pathogens.
abstract: Viruses cause a high percentage of community-acquired pneumonias. The advent of polymerase chain reaction and other molecular techniques has been associated with the detection of a higher prevalence of common respiratory viruses than previously suspected. Better diagnostics have shown new viral pathogens regularly in epidemics, immunocompromised patients, and occasionally children. Despite better diagnostics, treatment for all but influenza is still very limited.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. k-radigan@northwestern.edu
authors.forename: Kathryn A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Radigan
authors.forename: Richard G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Wunderink
mesh_terms: D000258:Adenovirus Infections, Human / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D003139:Common Cold / Q000628:therapy; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D014645:Herpesvirus 3, Human; D006801:Humans; D053118:Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D018184:Paramyxoviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D011024:Pneumonia, Viral / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000821:virology*; D045169:Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology