Aetiology and prognosis of community-acquired pneumonia at the Adult University Teaching Hospital in Zambia.
Luunga M ZikoThijs W HoffmanS FwoloshiDuncan ChandaY M NampungweD PatelH BobatA MoongaL ChirwaL HachaambwaK J MateyoPublished in: PloS one (2022)
Mycobacterium tuberculosis was the most common cause of CAP isolated in adults at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka, Zambia. Gram-negative organisms were frequently isolated. A high mortality rate was observed, as 30% of the followed-up study population had died after 30 days.