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Prognostic factors in severe community-acquired pneumonia in patients without co-morbid illness.
Respirology
December 2001
Intensive Care Unit, Department of Medicine, Hillbrow Hospital and University of the Witwatersrand, 7 York Road, Parktown 2193, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Objectives: We wished to determine the prognostic factors and the impact of initial empirical antibiotic therapy on the outcome of severe community-acquired pneumonia in patients without underlying co-morbid illness.
Methodology: This is a retrospective record review of consecutive patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia who were divided into those with and without underlying co-morbid illness.
Results: There were 182 patients including 112 primary (no co-morbid illness) and 70 secondary (underlying co-morbid illness) pneumonias.