In 2012, Fulton and Confer 1 warned that the speed of development of new laboratory
diagnostics has outpaced clinicians' ability to properly interpret test results. A range of …

Background Pneumonia is the leading cause of death among children younger than 5 years.
In this study, we estimated causes of pneumonia in young African and Asian children, using …

Despite tremendous advances in diagnostic laboratory technology, identifying the pathogen
(s) causing pneumonia remains challenging because the infected lung tissue cannot usually …

Background. The etiologic inference of identifying a pathogen in the upper respiratory tract
(URT) of children with pneumonia is unclear. To determine if viral load could provide …

Livestock abortion is an important cause of productivity losses worldwide and many
infectious causes of abortion are zoonotic pathogens that impact on human health. Little is …

Background Globally, over 400,000 neonatal deaths in 2015 were attributed to sepsis,
however, the incidence and etiologies of these infections are largely unknown in low-middle …

Background. There is limited information on the association between colonization density of
upper respiratory tract colonizers and pathogen-specific pneumonia. We assessed this …

Objectives After respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), human metapneumovirus (hMPV) was the
second-ranked pathogen attributed to severe pneumonia in the PERCH study. We sought to …

This study aimed to describe real-life microbiological testing of adults hospitalised with
community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and to assess concordance with the 2007 Infectious …

Background: Pneumonia remains the leading cause of death in young children globally. The
changing epidemiology of pneumonia requires up-to-date data to guide both case …