PneumoniaPub Date : 2026-05-05DOI: 10.1186/s41479-026-00199-x
Filip Jansåker, Xinjun Li, Kristina Sundquist, Henning Stenberg
{"title":"Pneumonia as a predictor of diabetes mellitus and coronary heart disease: a national cohort study.","authors":"Filip Jansåker, Xinjun Li, Kristina Sundquist, Henning Stenberg","doi":"10.1186/s41479-026-00199-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s41479-026-00199-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45120,"journal":{"name":"Pneumonia","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2026-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13141523/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147844300","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PneumoniaPub Date : 2026-04-25DOI: 10.1186/s41479-026-00198-y
Jim M Smit, A Torres, P A van der Zee, Jesse H Krijthe, Ignacio Martin-Loeches
{"title":"The heterogeneous treatment effect of adjuvant therapy with corticosteroids in patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia: a review.","authors":"Jim M Smit, A Torres, P A van der Zee, Jesse H Krijthe, Ignacio Martin-Loeches","doi":"10.1186/s41479-026-00198-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s41479-026-00198-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45120,"journal":{"name":"Pneumonia","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2026-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13109891/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147785087","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PneumoniaPub Date : 2026-04-07DOI: 10.1186/s41479-026-00197-z
Nicole Cossrow, Salini Mohanty, Kelly D Johnson, Thomas Weiss, Sheba Nellore, Lindsay McNamee, Laura De Benedetti, Elmira Flem, Kristen Feemster
{"title":"Health disparities in the burden of pneumococcal disease in US adults.","authors":"Nicole Cossrow, Salini Mohanty, Kelly D Johnson, Thomas Weiss, Sheba Nellore, Lindsay McNamee, Laura De Benedetti, Elmira Flem, Kristen Feemster","doi":"10.1186/s41479-026-00197-z","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s41479-026-00197-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45120,"journal":{"name":"Pneumonia","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2026-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13059517/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147634021","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PneumoniaPub Date : 2026-03-25DOI: 10.1186/s41479-025-00194-8
Yasir Shitu Isa, Megan Carelus, Isabelle Silber, Rasheed Salaudeen, Golam Sarwar, Yekini Ajao Olatunji, Ilias Hossain, Isaac Osei, Galega Lobga, Banjo Adeshola, Ousman Barjo, Momodou M Drammeh, Umberto D'Alessandro, Patricia L Hibberd, Grant A Mackenzie, Clarissa Valim
{"title":"Prognosis of clinical pneumonia in undernourished children in rural Gambia.","authors":"Yasir Shitu Isa, Megan Carelus, Isabelle Silber, Rasheed Salaudeen, Golam Sarwar, Yekini Ajao Olatunji, Ilias Hossain, Isaac Osei, Galega Lobga, Banjo Adeshola, Ousman Barjo, Momodou M Drammeh, Umberto D'Alessandro, Patricia L Hibberd, Grant A Mackenzie, Clarissa Valim","doi":"10.1186/s41479-025-00194-8","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s41479-025-00194-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45120,"journal":{"name":"Pneumonia","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13014833/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147515588","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PneumoniaPub Date : 2026-03-25DOI: 10.1186/s41479-026-00196-0
Catia Cilloniz, Tatiana Castañeda, Antonio Campanella, Riccardo Guglielmi, Albert Gabarrús, Sara Granero, Cristina Calvo-García, Maria Angeles Marcos, Antoni Torres
{"title":"Eosinopenia and prognosis in severe community-acquired pneumonia.","authors":"Catia Cilloniz, Tatiana Castañeda, Antonio Campanella, Riccardo Guglielmi, Albert Gabarrús, Sara Granero, Cristina Calvo-García, Maria Angeles Marcos, Antoni Torres","doi":"10.1186/s41479-026-00196-0","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s41479-026-00196-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45120,"journal":{"name":"Pneumonia","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13014991/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147515657","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PneumoniaPub Date : 2026-02-25DOI: 10.1186/s41479-025-00193-9
Abel Soriano Puig, Veronica Monforte, Marta Camprubí-Rimblas, Antonio Artigas, Adrián Ceccato
{"title":"Biomarker-guided use of corticosteroids in pneumonia.","authors":"Abel Soriano Puig, Veronica Monforte, Marta Camprubí-Rimblas, Antonio Artigas, Adrián Ceccato","doi":"10.1186/s41479-025-00193-9","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s41479-025-00193-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45120,"journal":{"name":"Pneumonia","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2026-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12934072/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147285561","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PneumoniaPub Date : 2026-02-05DOI: 10.1186/s41479-025-00192-w
Monica Gordon, Paula Ramirez
{"title":"The role of corticosteroids in severe viral pneumonia: lessons from COVID-19 and influenza.","authors":"Monica Gordon, Paula Ramirez","doi":"10.1186/s41479-025-00192-w","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s41479-025-00192-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45120,"journal":{"name":"Pneumonia","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2026-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12961784/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147356908","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PneumoniaPub Date : 2026-02-05DOI: 10.1186/s41479-025-00195-7
Federico Carpenteri, Catia Cilloniz, Antoni Torres
{"title":"Corticosteroids in severe community-acquired pneumonia: friend, foe or both?","authors":"Federico Carpenteri, Catia Cilloniz, Antoni Torres","doi":"10.1186/s41479-025-00195-7","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s41479-025-00195-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45120,"journal":{"name":"Pneumonia","volume":"18 1","pages":"5"},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2026-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12874727/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146119838","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PneumoniaPub Date : 2026-01-25DOI: 10.1186/s41479-025-00191-x
Alon Pomerantz, Adar Yaacov, Adam Goldman, Yonatan Moshkovits, Asaf Zlotnik, Ofir Deri, Liran Levy
{"title":"Evaluation of PSI, CURB-65, and CRB-65 as prognostic tools in hospitalized immunocompetent patients with pneumonia: real-world outcomes from internal medicine wards.","authors":"Alon Pomerantz, Adar Yaacov, Adam Goldman, Yonatan Moshkovits, Asaf Zlotnik, Ofir Deri, Liran Levy","doi":"10.1186/s41479-025-00191-x","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s41479-025-00191-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45120,"journal":{"name":"Pneumonia","volume":"18 1","pages":"3"},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2026-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12832007/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146044065","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PneumoniaPub Date : 2026-01-05DOI: 10.1186/s41479-025-00190-y
Patricia Oscanoa-Huamán, Leticia Bueno, Roberto Cabrera, Andrea Palomeque, Albert Gabarrús, Nil Vázquez, Alba Soler-Comas, Ruben López-Aladid, Victoria Alcaraz-Serrano, Nona Rovira-Ribalta, Jordi Vila, Laia Fernández-Barat, Antoni Torres
{"title":"Diagnostic BioFire® FilmArray® Pneumonia Panel Plus versus standard microbial culture in bronchiectasis exacerbations.","authors":"Patricia Oscanoa-Huamán, Leticia Bueno, Roberto Cabrera, Andrea Palomeque, Albert Gabarrús, Nil Vázquez, Alba Soler-Comas, Ruben López-Aladid, Victoria Alcaraz-Serrano, Nona Rovira-Ribalta, Jordi Vila, Laia Fernández-Barat, Antoni Torres","doi":"10.1186/s41479-025-00190-y","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s41479-025-00190-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The diagnostic performance of the BioFire® FilmArray® Pneumonia Panel Plus (FAPP) compared to standard microbial culture (SMC) during bronchiectasis (BE) exacerbations is unknown.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To compare the microbiological diagnostic performance between FAPP and SMC during BE exacerbations.</p><p><strong>Study design and methods: </strong>A prospective observational study was conducted in adults with a BE exacerbation at the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona (Spain) June 2020 to April 2022. All sputum samples underwent processing using both the FAPP and SMC (n = 109) but we focused in good quality samples (n = 73).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The FAPP detected pathogens in a higher percentage (n = 64, 88%) compared to SMC (n = 41, 56%). This increase was higher in samples from patients receiving empiric antibiotic treatment (n = 24, 89% and n = 10, 37%, for FAPP and SMC, respectively). The FAPP identified in 29 sputum (40%) more than one microorganism, while by SMC were all monomicrobial (n = 73, 100%). In 93 out of 109 BE exacerbations (85%), clinicians used the FAPP results for treatment decisions. According to the pathogen found by FAPP, immediate change of empiric treatment occurred in 15 out of 38 patients (40%) receiving empiric antimicrobial at time of exacerbation. Early treatment adequacy likely contributed to the low rate of treatment modifications observed by day 5 of exacerbation when the overall rate of treatment changes was low (8%) and treatment failure was noted in only 2% of the total population.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The FAPP demonstrated significantly higher microbiological diagnostic performance compared to SMC, regardless of prior antibiotic exposure. Improved pathogen detection using FAPP enabled more accurate initial antimicrobial therapy, which was associated with low rates of treatment failure.</p>","PeriodicalId":45120,"journal":{"name":"Pneumonia","volume":"18 1","pages":"1"},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2026-01-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12766951/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145901184","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}