Role of Clinical Features, Pathogenic and Etiological Characteristics of Community-acquired Pneumonia with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Early Diagnosis.

Objective: To study the etiological characteristics of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) combined with type 2 diabetes (T2D), providing a reference for early clinical diagnosis and treatment of the disease.

Methods: We selected a total of 93 patients with CAP and analyzed their metagenomics nextgeneration sequencing (mNGS) data. The case group comprised 46 patients with combined CAP/T2D, and the control group comprised 47 patients without diabetes.

Clinical characteristics and pathogen analysis of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in elderly patients with community-acquired pneumonia.

Objective: To analyze the clinical characteristics and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid pathogens in elderly patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP).

Methods: This was a retrospective observational epidemiological study using that elderly cases diagnosed with community-acquired pneumonia receiving treatment at the Affiliated Hospital of North China University of Technology, Tangshan Hongci Hospital and Tangshan Fengnan District Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine. A total of 92 cases were divided into two groups according to age.