Publications by authors named "Joseph W Barwatt"
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Normal Respiratory Flora as a Cause of Community-Acquired Pneumonia.
Open Forum Infect Dis
September 2020
Background: Intensive studies have failed to identify an etiologic agent in >50% cases of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). Bacterial pneumonia follows aspiration of recognized bacterial pathogens (RBPs) such as , , and after they have colonize the nasopharynx. We hypothesized that aspiration of normal respiratory flora (NRF) might also cause CAP.
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