Pneumonia in the tropics: Report from the Task Force on tropical diseases by the World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine

The aetiology of community acquired pneumonia varies according to the region in which it is acquired. This review discusses those causes of CAP that occur in the tropics and might not be readily recognizable when transplanted to other sites. Various forms of pneumonia including the viral causes such...

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Main Authors:	Mat Nor, Mohd Basri, Richards, Guy A., McGloughlin, Steve, Amin, Pravin R.
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Language:	English English
Published:	Elsivier 2017
Subjects:	R Medicine (General)
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spelling	iium-616732018-06-21T01:32:20Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/61673/ Pneumonia in the tropics: Report from the Task Force on tropical diseases by the World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine Mat Nor, Mohd Basri Richards, Guy A. McGloughlin, Steve Amin, Pravin R. R Medicine (General) The aetiology of community acquired pneumonia varies according to the region in which it is acquired. This review discusses those causes of CAP that occur in the tropics and might not be readily recognizable when transplanted to other sites. Various forms of pneumonia including the viral causes such as influenza (seasonal and avian varieties), the coronaviruses and the Hantavirus as well as bacterial causes, specifically the pneumonic form of Yersinia pestis and melioidosis are discussed. Elsivier 2017-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/61673/1/Pneumonia%20in%20the%20tropics.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/61673/7/61673-Pneumonia%20in%20the%20tropics-SCOPUS.pdf Mat Nor, Mohd Basri and Richards, Guy A. and McGloughlin, Steve and Amin, Pravin R. (2017) Pneumonia in the tropics: Report from the Task Force on tropical diseases by the World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine. Journal of Critical Care, 42. pp. 360-365. ISSN 0883-9441 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S088394411731715X 10.1016/j.jcrc.2017.11.004
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spellingShingle	R Medicine (General) Mat Nor, Mohd Basri Richards, Guy A. McGloughlin, Steve Amin, Pravin R. Pneumonia in the tropics: Report from the Task Force on tropical diseases by the World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine
description	The aetiology of community acquired pneumonia varies according to the region in which it is acquired. This review discusses those causes of CAP that occur in the tropics and might not be readily recognizable when transplanted to other sites. Various forms of pneumonia including the viral causes such as influenza (seasonal and avian varieties), the coronaviruses and the Hantavirus as well as bacterial causes, specifically the pneumonic form of Yersinia pestis and melioidosis are discussed.
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author	Mat Nor, Mohd Basri Richards, Guy A. McGloughlin, Steve Amin, Pravin R.
author_facet	Mat Nor, Mohd Basri Richards, Guy A. McGloughlin, Steve Amin, Pravin R.
author_sort	Mat Nor, Mohd Basri
title	Pneumonia in the tropics: Report from the Task Force on tropical diseases by the World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine
title_short	Pneumonia in the tropics: Report from the Task Force on tropical diseases by the World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine
title_full	Pneumonia in the tropics: Report from the Task Force on tropical diseases by the World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine
title_fullStr	Pneumonia in the tropics: Report from the Task Force on tropical diseases by the World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine
title_full_unstemmed	Pneumonia in the tropics: Report from the Task Force on tropical diseases by the World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine
title_sort	pneumonia in the tropics: report from the task force on tropical diseases by the world federation of societies of intensive and critical care medicine
publisher	Elsivier
publishDate	2017
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Pneumonia in the tropics: Report from the Task Force on tropical diseases by the World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine

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