Normal Respiratory Flora as a Cause of Community-Acquired Pneumonia.

Daniel M MusherSirus S JesudasenJoseph W BarwattDaniel N CohenBenjamin J MossMaria C Rodriguez-Barradas

Published in: Open forum infectious diseases (2020)

Normal respiratory flora, with or without viral coinfection, appear to have caused one quarter of cases of CAP and may have played a contributory role in an additional 10.8% of cases caused by RBPs. An etiology for CAP was identified in >95% of patients who provided a high-quality sputum at, or soon after, the time of admission.

Keyphrases

community acquired pneumonia
cystic fibrosis
emergency department
mycobacterium tuberculosis
sars cov
respiratory tract
pulmonary tuberculosis