The Role of Pneumococcal Pneumonia among CommunityAcquired Pneumonia in Adult Turkish Population: TurkCAP Study


ŞENOL E., ÇİLLİ A., Gunen H., Sener A., Dumlu R., Odemis A., ...More

TURKISH THORACIC JOURNAL, vol.22, no.4, pp.339-345, 2021 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 22 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2021
  • Doi Number: 10.5152/turkthoracj.2021.20223
  • Journal Name: TURKISH THORACIC JOURNAL
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.339-345
  • Keywords: Streptococcus pneumoniae, community-acquired pneumonia, adult, ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA, ANTIGEN TEST, BURDEN, IMMUNIZATION, PATHOGENS, SEVERITY, CARE, CAP
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the rate of pneumococcal pneumonia (PP) among patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in Turkey and to investigate and compare features of PP and non-PP CAP patients.