The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is an important health crisis worldwide. Several strategies were implemented to combat COVID-19, including wearing masks, hand hygiene, and social distancing. The impact of these strategies on COVID-19 and other viral infections remains largely unclear....
The International Classification of Disease (ICD-10-CM) code U07.1 was used to extract patient records for “Confirmed COVID-19 virus identified”. Data abstraction was performed by two experienced medical doctors who had undergone training on the study protocol to minimize inter-rater variability....
Our recent study at a German university hospital found that > 50% of immu- nocmpromised patients presenting with CAP would not be adequately treated by the standard empiric therapy due to their atypical pathogen spectrum [25]. In our current inves- tigation where we relied on ICD coding ...
Lastly, MRSA pneumonia is associated with greater morbidity and mortality than pneumonia caused by other etiologies, possibly due to the virulent and resistant nature of the MRSA pathogen [4]. MRSA accounts for 20–40 % of pneumonia cases that occur after 48 h into hospital admission and 2–...
Definition (NCI) An acute, acute and chronic, or chronic inflammation focally or diffusely affecting the lung parenchyma, due to infections (viruses, fungi, mycoplasma, or bacteria), treatment (e.g. radiation), or exposure (inhalation) to chemicals. Symptoms include cough, shortness of breath...