Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) remains a very serious diagnosis even though we have excellent antibiotics and consensus guidelines for their use. [1] But are the guidelines followed, and does ...

MRSA is a form of staph bacteria that is resistant to many antibiotics typically used to treat bacterial infections. When an MRSA infection travels through the bloodstream, it can reach organs like ...

On World Pneumonia Day, Nov. 12, the Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS), of which the American Thoracic Society is a founding member, is highlighting the urgent challenges in ...

Children who have coughs that go on for weeks may have a type of walking pneumonia that’s been surging in the US this year, and they may need a different antibiotic regimen to treat it, infectious ...

The agency said infections had increased significantly among children ages 2 to 4. By Dani Blum Infections with the bacteria that causes walking pneumonia have risen significantly this year, ...

Pneumonia is an infection that causes inflammation of the lung tissue, which can make it harder to breath and in some cases even become life-threatening as it cuts off your air supply. However, for ...