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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 Mateyo
Published 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.
Keyphrases
  • gram negative
  • multidrug resistant
  • community acquired pneumonia
  • mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • cardiovascular events
  • risk factors
  • pulmonary tuberculosis