There are about 4 or 5 cases of pneumonia per 1,000 residents each year, but in patients with comorbidities such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the number rises to 25 cases per 1,000 residents per year.
Experts from Catalonia Hospital Clínic, Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, Bellvitge and the German Trias i Pujol Preventive Medicine Service have launched in the framework of World Pneumonia Health Day 2023, in an independent project in collaboration with Pfizer, a Activities… + read more
New way to treat pneumonia caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria
The World Health Organization considers antibiotic resistance one of the top ten public health threats facing the global population. + read more
Advantages of using short-acting antibiotics to treat pneumonia
A large Canadian study published in PLoS One, based on more than 400,000 cases of community-acquired pneumonia, or CAP, highlights the importance of shortening the duration of antibiotic treatment to three to five days. + read more