Community Onset pneumonia
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1.with compatible symptoms or physical examination with pneumonia (i.e. fever, chills or rigors, cough, sputum, pleuritic chest pain, dyspnea, dyspnea and/or tachypnea,) 2.with new pulmonary infiltrates on chest X-ray or computed tomography (CT) scan (consistent with pneumonia, improvement after treatment). 3.developed pneumonia in the first 48 hours after admission
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: A case as appeared the disease 48 hours after admission, which is regarded as Hospital Acquired Pneumonia (HAP)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To evaluate the impact of pneumococcal vaccine on adult pneumococcal pneumonia | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University Department of clinical medicine