Publications by authors named "Roger Sorde"
Article Synopsis
- Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a common cause of hospitalizations, and a study was conducted to analyze how its epidemiology and outcomes have evolved over a decade due to factors like pandemics and vaccinations.
- Researchers compared data from two groups of patients diagnosed with CAP, one from 2007-2008 and another from 2017-2018, and examined their clinical outcomes and mortality rates.
- The study found that while the bacterial causes of CAP remained consistent over the years, there was a significant decrease in severe complications such as septic shock and bacteraemia, and influenza vaccination appeared to reduce mortality in the more recent period.
Background: Pneumococcal pneumonia causes significant morbidity and mortality among adults. Given limitations of diagnostic tests for non-bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia, most studies report the incidence of bacteremic or invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD), and thus, grossly underestimate the pneumococcal pneumonia burden. We aimed to develop a conceptual and quantitative strategy to estimate the non-bacteremic disease burden among adults with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) using systematic study methods and the availability of a urine antigen assay.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFManagement of refractory Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in cystic fibrosis.
Infect Drug Resist
July 2011
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is the most common life-limiting inherited disease in Caucasian populations. The main cause of death in CF patients is respiratory failure resulting from chronic pulmonary infection. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is the most prevalent organism in the airway colonization of CF patients, and its persistence in the airways has been related to greater morbidity with a more rapid deterioration in lung function.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The role of pneumococcal urinary antigen detection in the treatment of adults with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is not well defined. We assessed the usefulness of pneumococcal urinary antigen detection in the diagnosis and antimicrobial guidance in patients hospitalized with CAP.
Methods: A prospective study of all adults hospitalized with CAP was performed from February 2007 through January 2008.