What does CA stand for?

Community Acquired (infection)

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Risk factors of treatment failure in community acquired pneumonia: implications for disease outcome.

Time to clinical stability and symptom resolution in patients with ...

There were only two cases of community acquired MRSA in Walsall in the same period, with another one in September.

Black Country News: Delight in superbug battle; WALSALL

In Europe, many community-onset infections with ESBL producers actually appear to be healthcare associated, rather than truly community acquired.

Community-acquired extended-spectrum [beta]-lactamase producers, ...

A case was considered community acquired if MRSA was isolated from cultures of specimens obtained within 72 hours after hospitalization.

Community acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in ...

Unlike other reported cases of community acquired Pseudomonas pneumonias, which resulted in severe septicemic illness and lobar consolidation, (1,12) our patient presented with the gradual onset of necrotizing cavitary pneumonia without evidence of bacteremia.

Person-to-Person transmission of Pseudomonas pneumonia in the ...

Antimicrob Chemother 1993;32:(Suppl A) S29-S37 MacDonald KS, Scriver SR, Skulnick M, et al: Community acquired pneumonia: the future of the microbiology laboratory: focused diagnosis or syndromic management?

Get a Handle on Resistance Before It Gets a Handle on You: The ...

Streptococcus pneumoniae is the most common microbial pathogen identified in community acquired RTIs, and pneumococcal infections are among the leading causes of illness and death worldwide (3), particularly among children, the elderly, and persons with coexisting medical conditions.

Hidden epidemic of macrolide-resistant pneumococci

1) Presented at the Community Acquired Pneumonia Conference, Deerhurst Resort, Ontario, Canada, September 10-12, 2003.

Bordetella pertussis in adult pneumonia patients (1)