Affiliations 

  • 1 Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Programme, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Oxford University, Oxford OX3 7LJ, UK
  • 2 Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Programme, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Oxford University, Oxford OX3 7LJ, UK bnadjm@yahoo.com
  • 3 National Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Hanoi, Vietnam
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg, 2014 Jun;108(6):326-37.
PMID: 24781376 DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/tru058

Abstract

Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a major cause of adult mortality in Asia. Appropriate empirical treatment depends on knowledge of the pathogens commonly responsible. However, assessing the aetiological significance of identified organisms is often difficult, particularly with sputum isolates that might represent contamination with oropharyngeal flora.

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