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Data from CAPO has been used in numerous publications for more than a decade. This list represents a sampling. All of them can be found on PubMed (PubMed document identifiers are provided).
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International perspective on the new 2019 ATS/IDSA CAP guideline - a critical appraisal by a global expert panel. Pletz MW Blasi F Chalmers JD Dela Cruz CS Feldman C Luna CM Ramirez JA Shindo Y Stolz D Torres A Webb B Welte T Wunderink R Aliberti S . Chest 2020 Aug 25 () . PubMed ID: 32858009
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​Discovery and predictive modeling of urine microbiome, metabolite and cytokine biomarkers in hospitalized patients with community acquired pneumonia. Pierre JF Akbilgic O Smallwood H Cao X Fitzpatrick EA Pena S Furmanek SP Ramirez JA Jonsson CB . Scientific reports 2020 Aug 7 10 (1) 13418. PubMed ID: 32770049
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Vaccine Effectiveness Against Influenza-Associated Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in Hospitalized Adults, Louisville, Kentucky, 2010-2013. Chow EJ Rolfes MA Carrico RL Furmanek S Ramirez JA Ferdinands JM Fry AM Patel MM . Open forum infectious diseases 2020 Jul 7 (7) ofaa262. PubMed ID: 32715020
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Treatment of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Immunocompromised Adults: A Consensus Statement Regarding Initial Strategies. Ramirez JA Musher DM Evans SE Dela Cruz C Crothers KA Hage CA Aliberti S Anzueto A Arancibia F Arnold F Azoulay E Blasi F Bordon J Burdette S Cao B Cavallazzi R Chalmers J Charles P Chastre J Claessens YE Dean N Duval X Fartoukh M Feldman C File T Froes F Furmanek S Gnoni M Lopardo G Luna C Maruyama T Menendez R Metersky M Mildvan D Mortensen E Niederman MS Pletz M Rello J Restrepo MI Shindo Y Torres A Waterer G Webb B Welte T Witzenrath M Wunderink R . Chest 2020 Jun 16 () . PubMed ID: 32561442
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The Burden of Community-Acquired Pneumonia Requiring Admission to ICU in the United States. Cavallazzi R Furmanek S Arnold FW Beavin LA Wunderink RG Niederman MS Ramirez JA . Chest 2020 Sep 158 (3) 1008-1016. PubMed ID: 32298730
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Socioeconomic Position and the Incidence, Severity, and Clinical Outcomes of Hospitalized Patients With Community-Acquired Pneumonia. Wiemken TL Carrico RM Furmanek SP Guinn BE Mattingly WA Peyrani P Ramirez JA . Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974) 2020 May/Jun 135 (3) 364-371. PubMed ID: 32228396
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Community-acquired pneumonia in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Cavallazzi R Ramirez J . Current opinion in infectious diseases 2020 Apr 33 (2) 173-181. PubMed ID: 32022741
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Impact of a systematic evaluation of connective tissue disease on diagnosis approach in patients with interstitial lung diseases. Hernandez-Gonzalez F Prieto-González S Brito-Zeron P Cuerpo S Sanchez M Ramirez J Agustà C Lucena CM Paradela M Grafia I Espinosa G Sellares J . Medicine 2020 Jan 99 (4) e18589. PubMed ID: 31977850
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Older Adults Hospitalized for Pneumonia in the United States: Incidence, Epidemiology, and Outcomes. Arnold FW Reyes Vega AM Salunkhe V Furmanek S Furman C Morton L Faul A Yankeelov P Ramirez JA . Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2020 May 68 (5) 1007-1014. PubMed ID: 31916246
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Incidence and Mortality of Adults Hospitalized With Community-Acquired Pneumonia According to Clinical Course. Peyrani P Arnold FW Bordon J Furmanek S Luna CM Cavallazzi R Ramirez J . Chest 2020 Jan 157 (1) 34-41. PubMed ID: 31610158
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Acute exacerbations of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: Does clinical stratification or steroid treatment matter? Cuerpo S Moisés J Hernández-González F Benegas M Ramirez J Sánchez M Agustà À Sellares J . Chronic respiratory disease 2019 Jan-Dec 16 () 1479973119869334. PubMed ID: 31431063
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Early Clinical Response in Community-acquired Bacterial Pneumonia: From Clinical Endpoint to Clinical Practice. Ramirez JA Tzanis E Curran M Noble R Chitra S Manley A Kirsch C McGovern PC . Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2019 Aug 1 69 (Suppl 1) S33-S39. PubMed ID: 31367741
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Predicting the need for ICU admission in community-acquired pneumonia. Gearhart AM Furmanek S English C Ramirez J Cavallazzi R . Respiratory medicine 2019 Aug 155 () 61-65. PubMed ID: 31302580
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Hospitalization due to community-acquired pneumonia in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: incidence, epidemiology and outcomes. Bordon J Slomka M Gupta R Furmanek S Cavallazzi R Sethi S Niederman M Ramirez JA University of Louisville Pneumonia Study Group. . Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 2020 Feb 26 (2) 220-226. PubMed ID: 31254714
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Histoplasma capsulatum and Pneumocystis jirovecii coinfection in hospitalized HIV and non-HIV patients from a tertiary care hospital in Mexico. Carreto-Binaghi LE Morales-Villarreal FR GarcÃa-de la Torre G Vite-GarÃn T Ramirez JA Aliouat EM MartÃnez-Orozco JA Taylor ML . International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases 2019 Sep 86 () 65-72. PubMed ID: 31207386
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Pneumococcal epidemiology among us adults hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia. Isturiz RE Ramirez J Self WH Grijalva CG Counselman FL Volturo G Ostrosky-Zeichner L Peyrani P Wunderink RG Sherwin R Overcash JS Oliva SP File T Wiemken TL McLaughlin JM Pride MW Gray S Alexander R Ford KD Jiang Q Jodar L . Vaccine 2019 May 31 37 (25) 3352-3361. PubMed ID: 31072732
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Nebulized Amikacin and Fosfomycin for Severe Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pneumonia: An Experimental Study. Li Bassi G Motos A Fernandez-Barat L Aguilera Xiol E Chiurazzi C Senussi T Saco MA Fuster C Carbonara M Bobi J Amaro R De Rosa F Comaru T Yang H Ranzani OT Marti JD Rinaudo M Comino Trinidad O Rigol M Bringué J Ramirez J Nicolau DP Pelosi P Antonelli M Blasi F Artigas A Montgomery AB Torres A . Critical care medicine 2019 Jun 47 (6) e470-e477. PubMed ID: 30882478
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Recruitment manoeuvres dislodge mucus towards the distal airways in an experimental model of severe pneumonia. Li Bassi G Comaru T Martà D Xiol EA Chiurazzi C Travierso C Carbonara M Ranzani OT Amaro R Frigola G Fuster C Saco MA Zanella A De Rosa F Rigol M Fernandez L Luque N Ramirez J Blasi F Suen J Fraser J Torres A . British journal of anaesthesia 2019 Feb 122 (2) 269-276. PubMed ID: 30686313
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The burden of community-acquired bacterial pneumonia in the era of antibiotic resistance. Peyrani P Mandell L Torres A Tillotson GS . Expert review of respiratory medicine 2019 Feb 13 (2) 139-152. PubMed ID: 30596308
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Influenza and Viral Pneumonia. Cavallazzi R Ramirez JA . Clinics in chest medicine 2018 Dec 39 (4) 703-721. PubMed ID: 30390743
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Macrolide therapy is associated with lower mortality in community-acquired bacteraemic pneumonia. Arnold FW Lopardo G Wiemken TL Kelley R Peyrani P Mattingly WA Feldman C Gnoni M Maurici R Ramirez JA Community-Acquired Pneumonia Organization (CAPO). . Respiratory medicine 2018 Jul 140 () 115-121. PubMed ID: 29957272
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Effectiveness of 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Against Hospitalization for Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Older US Adults: A Test-Negative Design. McLaughlin JM Jiang Q Isturiz RE Sings HL Swerdlow DL Gessner BD Carrico RM Peyrani P Wiemken TL Mattingly WA Ramirez JA Jodar L . Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2018 Oct 30 67 (10) 1498-1506. PubMed ID: 29790925
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Future Research Directions in Pneumonia. NHLBI Working Group Report. Dela Cruz CS Wunderink RG Christiani DC Cormier SA Crothers K Doerschuk CM Evans SE Goldstein DR Khatri P Kobzik L Kolls JK Levy BD Metersky ML Niederman MS Nusrat R Orihuela CJ Peyrani P Prince AS RamÃrez JA Ridge KM Sethi S Suratt BT Sznajder JI Tsalik EL Walkey AJ Yende S Aggarwal NR Caler EV Mizgerd JP . American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2018 Jul 15 198 (2) 256-263. PubMed ID: 29546996
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How can we improve clinical research in pneumonia? Ramirez JA . Current opinion in pulmonary medicine 2018 May 24 (3) 220-226. PubMed ID: 29470254
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Adults Hospitalized With Pneumonia in the United States: Incidence, Epidemiology, and Mortality. Ramirez JA Wiemken TL Peyrani P Arnold FW Kelley R Mattingly WA Nakamatsu R Pena S Guinn BE Furmanek SP Persaud AK Raghuram A Fernandez F Beavin L Bosson R Fernandez-Botran R Cavallazzi R Bordon J Valdivieso C Schulte J Carrico RM University of Louisville Pneumonia Study Group. . Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2017 Nov 13 65 (11) 1806-1812. PubMed ID: 29020164
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Acute Low-Dose Hydralazine-Induced Lupus Pneumonitis. Holman SK Parris D Meyers S Ramirez J . Case reports in pulmonology 2017 2017 () 2650142. PubMed ID: 28932614
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Serum and exhaled breath condensate inflammatory cytokines in community-acquired pneumonia: a prospective cohort study. Aliberti S Morlacchi LC Faverio P Fernandez-Botran R Cosentini R Mantero M Peyrani P Ramirez J Bordon J Blasi F . Pneumonia (Nathan Qld.) 2016 8 () 8. PubMed ID: 28702287
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The order of administration of macrolides and beta-lactams may impact the outcomes of hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia: results from the community-acquired pneumonia organization. Peyrani P Wiemken TL Metersky ML Arnold FW Mattingly WA Feldman C Cavallazzi R Fernandez-Botran R Bordon J Ramirez JA . Infectious diseases (London, England) 2018 Jan 50 (1) 13-20. PubMed ID: 28699429
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Individualizing duration of antibiotic therapy in community-acquired pneumonia. Aliberti S Ramirez J Giuliani F Wiemken T Sotgiu G Tedeschi S Carugati M Valenti V Marchioni M Camera M Piro R Del Forno M Milani G Faverio P Richeldi L Deotto M Villani M Voza A Tobaldini E Bernardi M Bellone A Bassetti M Blasi F . Pulmonary pharmacology & therapeutics 2017 Aug 45 () 191-201. PubMed ID: 28666965
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Long-term Mortality in Hospitalized Patients With Community-Acquired Pneumonia. Peyrani P Ramirez J . The American journal of the medical sciences 2017 May 353 (5) 421. PubMed ID: 28502325
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Using cluster analysis of cytokines to identify patterns of inflammation in hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia: a pilot study. Wiemken TL Kelley RR Fernandez-Botran R Mattingly WA Arnold FW Furmanek SP Restrepo MI Chalmers JD Peyrani P Cavallazzi R Bordon J Aliberti S Ramirez JA . The University of Louisville journal of respiratory infections 2017 1 (1) 3-11. PubMed ID: 28393141
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Neutrophils and Ly6Chi monocytes collaborate in generating an optimal cytokine response that protects against pulmonary Legionella pneumophila infection. Casson CN Doerner JL Copenhaver AM Ramirez J Holmgren AM Boyer MA Siddarthan IJ Rouhanifard SH Raj A Shin S . PLoS pathogens 2017 Apr 13 (4) e1006309. PubMed ID: 28384349
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Role of Atypical Pathogens in the Etiology of Community-Acquired Pneumonia. Arnold FW Summersgill JT Ramirez JA . Seminars in respiratory and critical care medicine 2016 Dec 37 (6) 819-828. PubMed ID: 27960206
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Comparing posteroanterior with lateral and anteroposterior chest radiography in the initial detection of parapneumonic effusions. Moffett BK Panchabhai TS Nakamatsu R Arnold FW Peyrani P Wiemken T Guardiola J Ramirez JA . The American journal of emergency medicine 2016 Dec 34 (12) 2402-2407. PubMed ID: 27793503
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Acute myocardial infarction <i>versus</i> other cardiovascular events in community-acquired pneumonia. Aliberti S Ramirez J Cosentini R Valenti V Voza A Rossi P Stolz D Legnani D Pesci A Richeldi L Peyrani P Massari FM Blasi F . ERJ open research 2015 May 1 (1) . PubMed ID: 27730139
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A novel excitatory network for the control of breathing. Anderson TM Garcia AJ 3rd Baertsch NA Pollak J Bloom JC Wei AD Rai KG Ramirez JM . Nature 2016 Aug 4 536 (7614) 76-80. PubMed ID: 27462817
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The Impact of Age and Comorbidities on the Mortality of Patients of Different Age Groups Admitted with Community-acquired Pneumonia. Luna CM Palma I Niederman MS Membriani E Giovini V Wiemken TL Peyrani P Ramirez J . Annals of the American Thoracic Society 2016 Sep 13 (9) 1519-26. PubMed ID: 27398827
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Viral infection in community-acquired pneumonia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Burk M El-Kersh K Saad M Wiemken T Ramirez J Cavallazzi R . European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society 2016 Jun 25 (140) 178-88. PubMed ID: 27246595
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Granulomatous-lymphocytic interstitial lung disease as the first manifestation of common variable immunodeficiency. Tashtoush B Memarpour R Ramirez J Bejarano P Mehta J . The clinical respiratory journal 2018 Jan 12 (1) 337-343. PubMed ID: 27243233
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Cost effectiveness of adherence to IDSA/ATS guidelines in elderly patients hospitalized for Community-Aquired Pneumonia. Egger ME Myers JA Arnold FW Pass LA Ramirez JA Brock GN . BMC medical informatics and decision making 2016 Mar 15 16 () 34. PubMed ID: 26976388
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Real-Time Enrollment Dashboard For Multisite Clinical Trials. Mattingly WA Kelley RR Wiemken TL Chariker JH Peyrani P Guinn BE Binford LE Buckner K Ramirez J . Contemporary clinical trials communications 2015 Oct 30 1 () 17-21. PubMed ID: 26878068
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Auscultation of Velcro Crackles is Associated With Usual Interstitial Pneumonia. Sellarés J Hernández-González F Lucena CM Paradela M Brito-Zerón P Prieto-González S Benegas M Cuerpo S Espinosa G RamÃrez J Sánchez M Xaubet A . Medicine 2016 Feb 95 (5) e2573. PubMed ID: 26844464
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The upper respiratory tract microbiome of hospitalised patients with community-acquired pneumonia of unknown aetiology: a pilot study. Wiemken TL Jala VR Kelley RR Peyrani P Mattingly WA Arnold FW Cabral PW Cavallazzi R Haribabu B Ramirez JA . Pneumonia (Nathan Qld.) 2015 6 () 83-89. PubMed ID: 31641582
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Macrolide Use and Neutrophil Function/Cytokine Levels in Hospitalized Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Pilot Study. Arnold FW Bordon J Fernandez-Botran R Rane MJ Uriarte SM Kelley R Wiemken TL Peyrani P Ramirez JA Community-Acquired Pneumonia Inflammatory Study Group. . Lung 2016 Feb 194 (1) 155-62. PubMed ID: 26553025
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Bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia: clinical outcomes and preliminary results of inflammatory response. Bordon JM Fernandez-Botran R Wiemken TL Peyrani P Uriarte SM Arnold FW Rodriquez-Hernandez L Rane MJ Kelley RR Binford LE Uppatla S Cavallazzi R Blasi F Aliberti S Restrepo MI Fazeli S Mathur A Rahmani M Ayesu K Ramirez J . Infection 2015 Dec 43 (6) 729-38. PubMed ID: 26424683
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De-escalation therapy among bacteraemic patients with community-acquired pneumonia. Carugati M Franzetti F Wiemken T Kelley RR Peyrani P Blasi F Ramirez J Aliberti S . Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 2015 Oct 21 (10) 936.e11-8. PubMed ID: 26115864
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Outcomes in patients with community-acquired pneumonia admitted to the intensive care unit. Cavallazzi R Wiemken T Arnold FW Luna CM Bordon J Kelley R Feldman C Chalmers JD Torres A Ramirez J . Respiratory medicine 2015 Jun 109 (6) 743-50. PubMed ID: 25956021
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Endotracheal tube biofilm translocation in the lateral Trendelenburg position. Li Bassi G Fernandez-Barat L Saucedo L Giunta V Marti JD Tavares Ranzani O Aguilera Xiol E Rigol M Roca I Muñoz L Luque N Esperatti M Saco MA Ramirez J Vila J Ferrer M Torres A . Critical care (London, England) 2015 Feb 27 19 () 59. PubMed ID: 25887536
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How to choose the duration of antibiotic therapy in patients with pneumonia. Aliberti S Giuliani F Ramirez J Blasi F DURATION Study Group. . Current opinion in infectious diseases 2015 Apr 28 (2) 177-84. PubMed ID: 25692271
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What is the best therapeutic approach to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia? Peyrani P Ramirez J . Current opinion in infectious diseases 2015 Apr 28 (2) 164-70. PubMed ID: 25692268
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Midregional proadrenomedullin for prognosis in community-acquired pneumonia: a systematic review. Cavallazzi R El-Kersh K Abu-Atherah E Singh S Loke YK Wiemken T Ramirez J . Respiratory medicine 2014 Nov 108 (11) 1569-80. PubMed ID: 25448309
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Characteristics associated with clinician diagnosis of aspiration pneumonia: a descriptive study of afflicted patients and their outcomes. Lanspa MJ Peyrani P Wiemken T Wilson EL Ramirez JA Dean NC . Journal of hospital medicine 2015 Feb 10 (2) 90-6. PubMed ID: 25363892
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Gravity predominates over ventilatory pattern in the prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia. Li Bassi G Marti JD Saucedo L Rigol M Roca I Cabanas M Muñoz L Ranzani OT Giunta V Luque N Esperatti M Gabarrus A Fernandez L Rinaudo M Ferrer M Ramirez J Vila J Torres A . Critical care medicine 2014 Sep 42 (9) e620-7. PubMed ID: 24979484
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Higher clinical success in patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus treated with linezolid compared with vancomycin: results from the IMPACT-HAP study. Peyrani P Wiemken TL Kelley R Zervos MJ Kett DH File TM Jr Stein GE Ford KD Scerpella EG Welch V Ramirez JA IMPACT-HAP Study Group. . Critical care (London, England) 2014 Jun 10 18 (3) R118. PubMed ID: 24916853
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Ruling out Legionella in community-acquired pneumonia. Haubitz S Hitz F Graedel L Batschwaroff M Wiemken TL Peyrani P Ramirez JA Fux CA Mueller B Schuetz P . The American journal of medicine 2014 Oct 127 (10) 1010.e11-9. PubMed ID: 24813862
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Adherence with national guidelines in hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia: results from the CAPO study in Venezuela. Levy G Perez M RodrÃguez B Hernández Voth A Perez J Gnoni M Kelley R Wiemken T Ramirez J . Archivos de bronconeumologia 2015 Apr 51 (4) 163-8. PubMed ID: 24809678
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Risk factors for pulmonary tuberculosis in community-acquired pneumonia. Cavallazzi R Wiemken T Ramirez J . The European respiratory journal 2014 Apr 43 (4) 1214. PubMed ID: 24687677
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Cardiac diseases complicating community-acquired pneumonia. Aliberti S Ramirez JA . Current opinion in infectious diseases 2014 Jun 27 (3) 295-301. PubMed ID: 24685550
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A novel porcine model of ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by oropharyngeal challenge with Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Li Bassi G Rigol M Marti JD Saucedo L Ranzani OT Roca I Cabanas M Muñoz L Giunta V Luque N Rinaudo M Esperatti M Fernandez-Barat L Ferrer M Vila J Ramirez J Torres A . Anesthesiology 2014 May 120 (5) 1205-15. PubMed ID: 24618700
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The effectiveness of the polysaccharide pneumococcal vaccine for the prevention of hospitalizations due to Streptococcus pneumoniae community-acquired pneumonia in the elderly differs between the sexes: results from the Community-Acquired Pneumonia Organization (CAPO) international cohort study. Wiemken TL Carrico RM Klein SL Jonsson CB Peyrani P Kelley RR Aliberti S Blasi F Fernandez-Gonzalez R Lopardo G Ramirez JA CAPO Investigators. . Vaccine 2014 Apr 17 32 (19) 2198-203. PubMed ID: 24613522
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Phenotyping community-acquired pneumonia according to the presence of acute respiratory failure and severe sepsis. Aliberti S Brambilla AM Chalmers JD Cilloniz C Ramirez J Bignamini A Prina E Polverino E Tarsia P Pesci A Torres A Blasi F Cosentini R . Respiratory research 2014 Mar 4 15 () 27. PubMed ID: 24593040
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Contrasting inflammatory responses in severe and non-severe community-acquired pneumonia. Fernandez-Botran R Uriarte SM Arnold FW Rodriguez-Hernandez L Rane MJ Peyrani P Wiemken T Kelley R Uppatla S Cavallazzi R Blasi F Morlacchi L Aliberti S Jonsson C Ramirez JA Bordon J . Inflammation 2014 Aug 37 (4) 1158-66. PubMed ID: 24557760
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A worldwide perspective of nursing home-acquired pneumonia compared with community-acquired pneumonia. Liapikou A Polverino E Cilloniz C Peyrani P Ramirez J Menendez R Torres A Community-Acquired Pneumonia Organization (CAPO) Investigators. . Respiratory care 2014 Jul 59 (7) 1078-85. PubMed ID: 24194575
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Absence of gender-based differences in outcome of patients with hospital-acquired pneumonia. Caceres F Welch VL Kett DH Scerpella EG Peyrani P Ford KD Ramirez JA Impact-Hap Study Group. . Journal of women's health (2002) 2013 Dec 22 (12) 1069-75. PubMed ID: 24128006
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Predicting Mycobacterium tuberculosis in patients with community-acquired pneumonia. Cavallazzi R Wiemken T Christensen D Peyrani P Blasi F Levy G Aliberti S Kelley R Ramirez J Community-Acquired Pneumonia Organization (CAPO) Investigators. . The European respiratory journal 2014 Jan 43 (1) 178-84. PubMed ID: 23794467
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Mortality differences among hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia in three world regions: results from the Community-Acquired Pneumonia Organization (CAPO) International Cohort Study. Arnold FW Wiemken TL Peyrani P Ramirez JA Brock GN CAPO authors. . Respiratory medicine 2013 Jul 107 (7) 1101-11. PubMed ID: 23660396
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Cytokines and neutrophils responses in influenza pneumonia. Bordon JM Uriarte S Arnold FW Fernandez-Botran R Rane M Peyrani P Cavallazzi R Saad M Ramirez J . Infection 2013 Oct 41 (5) 1021-4. PubMed ID: 23589279
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Early administration of the first antimicrobials should be considered a marker of optimal care of patients with community-acquired pneumonia rather than a predictor of outcomes. Bordon J Aliberti S Duvvuri P Wiemken T Peyrani P Natividad I Caceres-Lara A Delapenha R Blasi F Ramirez J . International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases 2013 May 17 (5) e293-8. PubMed ID: 23507237
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Phenotypic differences in virulence and immune response in closely related clinical isolates of influenza A 2009 H1N1 pandemic viruses in mice. Camp JV Chu YK Chung DH McAllister RC Adcock RS Gerlach RL Wiemken TL Peyrani P Ramirez JA Summersgill JT Jonsson CB . PloS one 2013 8 (2) e56602. PubMed ID: 23441208
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What is the association of cardiovascular events with clinical failure in patients with community-acquired pneumonia? Peyrani P Ramirez J . Infectious disease clinics of North America 2013 Mar 27 (1) 205-10. PubMed ID: 23398875
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Clinical scoring tools: which is best to predict clinical response and long-term outcomes? Wiemken T Kelley R Ramirez J . Infectious disease clinics of North America 2013 Mar 27 (1) 33-48. PubMed ID: 23398864
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Emergence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300 genotype as a major cause of late-onset nosocomial pneumonia in intensive care patients in the USA. Pasquale TR Jabrocki B Salstrom SJ Wiemken TL Peyrani P Haque NZ Scerpella EG Ford KD Zervos MJ Ramirez JA File TM Jr IMPACT-HAP Study Group. . International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases 2013 Jun 17 (6) e398-403. PubMed ID: 23375542
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Randomized phase 2 trial to evaluate the clinical efficacy of two high-dosage tigecycline regimens versus imipenem-cilastatin for treatment of hospital-acquired pneumonia. Ramirez J Dartois N Gandjini H Yan JL Korth-Bradley J McGovern PC . Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2013 Apr 57 (4) 1756-62. PubMed ID: 23357775
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Clinical stability and switch therapy in hospitalised patients with community-acquired pneumonia: are we there yet? Ramirez JA . The European respiratory journal 2013 Jan 41 (1) 5-6. PubMed ID: 23277515
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Incidence of respiratory viruses in patients with community-acquired pneumonia admitted to the intensive care unit: results from the Severe Influenza Pneumonia Surveillance (SIPS) project. Wiemken T Peyrani P Bryant K Kelley RR Summersgill J Arnold F Carrico R McKinney WP Jonsson C Carrico K Ramirez J . European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology 2013 May 32 (5) 705-10. PubMed ID: 23274861
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Criteria for clinical stability in hospitalised patients with community-acquired pneumonia. Aliberti S Zanaboni AM Wiemken T Nahas A Uppatla S Morlacchi LC Peyrani P Blasi F Ramirez J . The European respiratory journal 2013 Sep 42 (3) 742-9. PubMed ID: 23143544
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Empiric therapy directed against MRSA in patients admitted to the intensive care unit does not improve outcomes in community-acquired pneumonia. Griffin AT Peyrani P Wiemken TL Ramirez JA Arnold FW . Infection 2013 Apr 41 (2) 517-23. PubMed ID: 23132663
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A three-step critical pathway for community-acquired pneumonia reduces duration of hospital stay and intravenous antibiotic use by 2 days. Peyrani P . Evidence-based nursing 2013 Apr 16 (2) 48-9. PubMed ID: 23100261
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Understanding the roles of cytokines and neutrophil activity and neutrophil apoptosis in the protective versus deleterious inflammatory response in pneumonia. Bordon J Aliberti S Fernandez-Botran R Uriarte SM Rane MJ Duvvuri P Peyrani P Morlacchi LC Blasi F Ramirez JA . International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases 2013 Feb 17 (2) e76-83. PubMed ID: 23069683
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Outcomes in females hospitalised with community-acquired pneumonia are worse than in males. Arnold FW Wiemken TL Peyrani P Mirsaeidi M Ramirez JA Community Acquired Pneumonia Organization (CAPO) Study Group. . The European respiratory journal 2013 May 41 (5) 1135-40. PubMed ID: 22835618
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​Switch therapy in hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia: tigecycline vs. levofloxacin. Ramirez JA Cooper AC Wiemken T Gardiner D Babinchak T 308 Study Group. . BMC infectious diseases 2012 Jul 19 12 () 159. PubMed ID: 22812672
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Global changes in the epidemiology of community-acquired pneumonia. Wiemken TL Peyrani P Ramirez JA . Seminars in respiratory and critical care medicine 2012 Jun 33 (3) 213-9. PubMed ID: 22718207
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Analysis of pathogen and host factors related to clinical outcomes in patients with hospital-acquired pneumonia due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Haque NZ Arshad S Peyrani P Ford KD Perri MB Jacobsen G Reyes K Scerpella EG Ramirez JA Zervos MJ . Journal of clinical microbiology 2012 May 50 (5) 1640-4. PubMed ID: 22337980
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Incidence of nephrotoxicity and association with vancomycin use in intensive care unit patients with pneumonia: retrospective analysis of the IMPACT-HAP Database. Cano EL Haque NZ Welch VL Cely CM Peyrani P Scerpella EG Ford KD Zervos MJ Ramirez JA Kett DH Improving Medicine through Pathway Assessment of Critical Therapy of Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia (IMPACT-HAP) Study Group. . Clinical therapeutics 2012 Jan 34 (1) 149-57. PubMed ID: 22284995
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How to handle mortality when investigating length of hospital stay and time to clinical stability. Brock GN Barnes C Ramirez JA Myers J . BMC medical research methodology 2011 Oct 26 11 () 144. PubMed ID: 22029846
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CD4+ cell counts and HIV-RNA levels do not predict outcomes of community-acquired pneumonia in hospitalized HIV-infected patients. Bordon J Kapoor R Martinez C Portela D Duvvuri P Klochko A Ayesu K Peyrani P Cillóniz C Wiemken T Parra A Torres A Rello J Ramirez J . International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases 2011 Dec 15 (12) e822-7. PubMed ID: 21885316
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Severity of disease and clinical outcomes in patients with hospital-acquired pneumonia due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains not influenced by the presence of the Panton-Valentine leukocidin gene. Peyrani P Allen M Wiemken TL Haque NZ Zervos MJ Ford KD Scerpella EG Mangino JE Kett DH Ramirez JA IMPACT-HAP Study Group. . Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2011 Oct 53 (8) 766-71. PubMed ID: 21880581
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The use of large databases to study pneumonia: what is their value? Wiemken T Peyrani P Arnold FW Ramirez J . Clinics in chest medicine 2011 Sep 32 (3) 481-9. PubMed ID: 21867817
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Low CURB-65 is of limited value in deciding discharge of patients with community-acquired pneumonia. Aliberti S Ramirez J Cosentini R Brambilla AM Zanaboni AM Rossetti V Tarsia P Peyrani P Piffer F Blasi F . Respiratory medicine 2011 Nov 105 (11) 1732-8. PubMed ID: 21821405
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[Recurrent respiratory infections, pneumonia and pulmonary interstitial infiltrates in a 81 year old man]. Molina M Sánchez M RamÃrez J . Medicina clinica 2011 Sep 17 137 (7) 311-6. PubMed ID: 21636102
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Computed tomography measurements of parapneumonic effusion indicative of thoracentesis. Moffett BK Panchabhai TS Anaya E Nakamatsu R Arnold FW Peyrani P Wiemken T Guardiola J Ramirez JA . The European respiratory journal 2011 Dec 38 (6) 1406-11. PubMed ID: 21622586
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ACR Appropriateness Criteria® acute respiratory illness in immunocompetent patients. Kirsch J Ramirez J Mohammed TL Amorosa JK Brown K Dyer DS Ginsburg ME Heitkamp DE Jeudy J Macmahon H Ravenel JG Saleh AG Shah RD . Journal of thoracic imaging 2011 May 26 (2) W42-4. PubMed ID: 21508726
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Changing needs of community-acquired pneumonia. Ramirez JA Anzueto AR . The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2011 Apr 66 Suppl 3 () iii3-9. PubMed ID: 21482567
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Predicting mortality in hospitalized patients with 2009 H1N1 influenza pneumonia. Riquelme R Jiménez P Videla AJ Lopez H Chalmers J Singanayagam A Riquelme M Peyrani P Wiemken T Arbo G Benchetrit G Rioseco ML Ayesu K Klotchko A Marzoratti L Raya M Figueroa S Saavedra F Pryluka D Inzunza C Torres A Alvare P Fernandez P Barros M Gomez Y Contreras C Rello J Bordon J Feldman C Arnold F Nakamatsu R Riquelme J Blasi F Aliberti S Cosentini R Lopardo G Gnoni M Welte T Saad M Guardiola J Ramirez J . The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2011 Apr 15 (4) 542-6. PubMed ID: 21396216
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Association between time to clinical stability and outcomes after discharge in hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia. Aliberti S Peyrani P Filardo G Mirsaeidi M Amir A Blasi F Ramirez JA . Chest 2011 Aug 140 (2) 482-488. PubMed ID: 21330383
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Development and implementation of a performance improvement project in adult intensive care units: overview of the Improving Medicine Through Pathway Assessment of Critical Therapy in Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia (IMPACT-HAP) study. Mangino JE Peyrani P Ford KD Kett DH Zervos MJ Welch VL Scerpella EG Ramirez JA IMPACT-HAP Study Group. . Critical care (London, England) 2011 15 (1) R38. PubMed ID: 21266065
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Implementation of guidelines for management of possible multidrug-resistant pneumonia in intensive care: an observational, multicentre cohort study. Kett DH Cano E Quartin AA Mangino JE Zervos MJ Peyrani P Cely CM Ford KD Scerpella EG Ramirez JA Improving Medicine through Pathway Assessment of Critical Therapy of Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia (IMPACT-HAP) Investigators. . The Lancet. Infectious diseases 2011 Mar 11 (3) 181-9. PubMed ID: 21256086
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Ventilator-associated pneumonia in critically ill stroke patients: frequency, risk factors, and outcomes. Kasuya Y Hargett JL Lenhardt R Heine MF Doufas AG Remmel KS Ramirez JA Akça O . Journal of critical care 2011 Jun 26 (3) 273-9. PubMed ID: 21106334
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Clinical and economic burden of pneumonia among adults in Latin America. Isturiz RE Luna CM Ramirez J . International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases 2010 Oct 14 (10) e852-6. PubMed ID: 20615741
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Predictive accuracy of the pneumonia severity index vs CRB-65 for time to clinical stability: results from the Community-Acquired Pneumonia Organization (CAPO) International Cohort Study. Arnold FW Brock GN Peyrani P RodrÃguez EL DÃaz AA Rossi P Ramirez JA CAPO authors. . Respiratory medicine 2010 Nov 104 (11) 1736-43. PubMed ID: 20576417