Disease relevance of Pneumonia, Staphylococcal

• SETTING: Hospital. RESULTS: Three days following initiation of nafcillin therapy for staphylococcal pneumonia, an 80-year-old woman developed allergic manifestations and progressive renal impairment suggestive of acute allergic interstitial nephritis [1].
• Other diagnoses included primary sucrase-isomaltase deficiency, Shwachman's syndrome, ulcerative colitis, ganglioneuroma, defective opsonization, staphylococcal pneumonia, and Hirschsprung's disease [2].
• A female patient with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) developed pulmonary aspergillosis with staphylococcal pneumonia and hepatic candidiasis [3].

High impact information on Pneumonia, Staphylococcal

• Flucloxacillin or dicloxacillin should be added if staphylococcal pneumonia is suspected, and gentamicin or other specific therapy if gram-negative pneumonia is suspected; a third-generation cephalosporin plus intravenous erythromycin is recommended as initial therapy for severe cases [4].
• SUMMARY: In our opinion, the optimization of the length of treatment and the reduction of mortality with linezolid in staphylococcal pneumonia are two major recent developments [5].
• We suggest, however, that when staphylococcal pneumonia is suspected, a glycopeptide (vancomycin or teicoplanin) or combined trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole is used as first-line therapy until sensitivity results are obtained [6].
• Right-sided diaphragmatic hernia masquerading as staphylococcal pneumonia [7].
• The objective of this retrospective review was to document the natural history of primary staphylococcal pneumonia at Red Cross Childrens' Hospital in Cape Town over a 7-year period (1989-1995) [8].

Gene context of Pneumonia, Staphylococcal

• Pulmonary function following staphylococcal pneumonia in children [9].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Pneumonia, Staphylococcal

• A diagnosis of staphylococcal pneumonia was considered but with clinical and radiological picture, a right-sided diaphragmatic hernia was strongly suspected which was confirmed by doing fluoroscopy and CT-scan of the chest [7].

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