Estimating the burden of pneumococcal pneumonia among adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic techniques.

Estimating the burden of pneumococcal pneumonia among adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic techniques.

<h4>Background</h4>Pneumococcal pneumonia causes significant morbidity and mortality among adults. Given limitations of diagnostic tests for non-bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia, most studies report the incidence of bacteremic or invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD), and thus, grossly un...

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Main Authors: Maria A Said, Hope L Johnson, Bareng A S Nonyane, Maria Deloria-Knoll, Katherine L O'Brien, AGEDD Adult Pneumococcal Burden Study Team, Felipe Andreo, Bojana Beovic, Silvia Blanco, Wim G Boersma, David R Boulware, Jay C Butler, Jordi Carratalà, Feng-Yee Chang, Patrick G P Charles, Alejandro A Diaz, Jose Domínguez, Naomi Ehara, Henrik Endeman, Vicenç Falcó, Miquel Falguera, Kiyoyasu Fukushima, Carolina Garcia-Vidal, Daniel Genne, Igor A Guchev, Felix Gutierrez, Susanne S Hernes, Andy I M Hoepelman, Ulla Hohenthal, Niclas Johansson, Vitezslav Kolek, Roman S Kozlov, Tsai-Ling Lauderdale, Ivana Mareković, Mar Masiá, Matta A Matta, Òscar Miró, David R Murdoch, Eric Nuermberger, Richard Paolini, Rafael Perelló, Dominic Snijders, Vanda Plečko, Roger Sordé, Kristoffer Strålin, Menno M van der Eerden, Angel Vila-Corcoles, James P Watt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0060273
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