TY - JOUR
T1 - The approach to nonresolving pneumonia
AU - Orens, J. B.
AU - Sitrin, R. G.
AU - Lynch, J. P.
N1 - Funding Information:
Supported in part by National Institutes of Health Grant # IP50HL46487.
PY - 1994
Y1 - 1994
N2 - Pneumonias that fail to resolve at the expected rate may reflect derangements in host defenses, inadequate or inappropriate antimicrobial therapy, highly virulent pathogens, or myriad noninfectious causes. In this article, noninfectious causes of pulmonary infiltrates mimicking community- acquired pneumonia are discussed. The salient clinical, radiographic, and histopathologic features of diverse immune-mediated syndromes are reviewed, and an approach to diagnosis and therapy of nonresolving pneumonias is presented.
AB - Pneumonias that fail to resolve at the expected rate may reflect derangements in host defenses, inadequate or inappropriate antimicrobial therapy, highly virulent pathogens, or myriad noninfectious causes. In this article, noninfectious causes of pulmonary infiltrates mimicking community- acquired pneumonia are discussed. The salient clinical, radiographic, and histopathologic features of diverse immune-mediated syndromes are reviewed, and an approach to diagnosis and therapy of nonresolving pneumonias is presented.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0025-7125(16)30124-9
DO - 10.1016/S0025-7125(16)30124-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 8078373
AN - SCOPUS:0028095493
SN - 0025-7125
VL - 78
SP - 1143
EP - 1172
JO - Medical Clinics of North America
JF - Medical Clinics of North America
IS - 5
ER -