Extract
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is an important cause of morbidity, mortality and expenditure of health resources. Globally, lower respiratory tract infection, which includes CAP, was the fourth leading cause of death in 2015 [1]. In developed countries CAP is the leading cause of death by infectious disease [2], and in 2014 it was the eighth cause of death in the USA [3].
Abstract
Take every opportunity to act on modifiable risk factors for CAP. ATCHIN! http://ow.ly/lscV30i00iU
Footnotes
Note to the title: Achoo (English), achis (Spanish), atchim (Portuguese), atchis (Catalan), etciu (Italian), atchoum (French), hatschi (German), hatsjie (Dutch).
Conflict of interest: F. Froes has received personal fees and non-financial support from Pfizer, MSD and TEVA, non-financial support from Sanofi, AstraZeneca and Bayer, and personal fees from Novartis, outside the submitted work.
Conflict of interest: F. Blasi has received personal fees from AstraZeneca, Guidotti, GSK, Grifols, Menarini, Novartis and Zambon, grants from Bayer, grants and personal fees from Chiesi, Pfizer and Teva, outside the submitted work.
- Received December 9, 2017.
- Accepted January 3, 2018.
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