What does CAP stand for?

Community-Acquired Pneumonia

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Samples in periodicals archive:

Infectious Diseases Society of America/American Thoracic Society consensus guidelines on the management of community-acquired pneumonia in adults.

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

Byline: ANI Washington, April 30 (ANI): Old men are more likely do die after being hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) than women, according to a new study, which suggests that the reason may be differing biological response to infection between males and females.

Older men more likely to die after pneumonia than women

The initial focus was on lower respiratory-tract infection, (12) but the approach has also been applied to community-acquired pneumonia (13) as well as severe sepsis itself.

Using procalcitonin to diagnose sepsis and the potential for improved ...

The Food and Drug Administration approved Ketek in 2004 to treat respiratory tract infections, bronchitis, sinusitis and community-acquired pneumonia.

Democrats question accuracy of FDA chief's testimony

The drug is used to treat respiratory-tract infections, bronchitis, sinusitis and community-acquired pneumonia.

FDA assembling panel of outside experts to study overall risks of ...

When they began a process improvement project in community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), it sometimes took patients as long as 12 hours to receive their first dose of antibiotics.

Positive feedback spurs process improvements

Root was recognized internationally for his work in the field of leukocyte biology and community-acquired pneumonia, and he was admired throughout the national- and international-medicine and infectious-disease communities for his teaching and clinical skills.

Botswana trip turns fatal for disease expert from Seattle; Dr. ...

They describe topics of common concern, such as meningitis and meningism, gastrointestinal infection, community-acquired pneumonia, rash in pregnancy and in children, illness in returning travelers, sexually-transmitted infections, jaundice, infection in those whose immune systems are compromised, and queries about vaccines.

Communicable Disease Control Handbook, 2d ed