TY - JOUR T1 - The problem of early mortality in pneumococcal pneumonia: a study of risk factors JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J SP - 561 LP - 564 DO - 10.1183/09031936.00034415 VL - 46 IS - 2 AU - Joaquín Burgos AU - Manel Luján AU - M. Nieves Larrosa AU - M. Luisa Pedro-Botet AU - Dionisia Fontanals AU - M. Dolores Quesada AU - Mayli Lung AU - Guadalupe Bermudo AU - Benito Almirante AU - Vicenç Falcó Y1 - 2015/08/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/46/2/561.abstract N2 - The mortality of pneumococcal pneumonia, and especially the number deaths that occur soon after presentation, remains unacceptably high [1]. In 1964, Austrian and Gold [2] observed that 60% of deaths in patients with invasive pneumococcal pneumonia (IPP) occurred within the first 5 days. Unfortunately, this does not appear to have changed over the subsequent five decades [3].Comorbidity and infections by encapsulated serotypes are the main risk factors for death in pneumococcal pneumonia http://ow.ly/KSnlB ER -