World Pneumonia Day - Emerging Infectious Disease journal - CDC

World Pneumonia Day - Emerging Infectious Disease journal - CDC

World Pneumonia Day

On November 12, 2015, the world will recognize World Pneumonia Day to raise awareness of pneumonia, promote prevention and treatment, and generate action to fight the illness. World Pneumonia Day supports all efforts made to protect and treat people against pneumonia--the single largest cause of child deaths worldwide.

Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs that is usually caused by bacteria or viruses. Globally, pneumonia causes more deaths than any other infectious disease.

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Commentary

Call to Action on World Pneumonia Day Hajjeh, Rana and  Whitney, C. G. (2012 Volume 18, Number 11)

Articles

Use of Pneumococcal Disease Epidemiology to Set Policy and Prevent Disease during 20 Years of the Emerging Infections Program M. R. Moore and C. G. Whitney (2015 Volume 21, Number 9)

Macrolide-Resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae, United States X. Zheng et al. (2015 Volume 21, Number 8)

Pneumonia Outbreak Caused by Chlamydophila pneumoniae among US Air Force Academy Cadets, Colorado, USA K. A. Fajardo et al. (2015 Volume 21, Number 6)

KPC and NDM-1 Genes in Related Enterobacteriaceae Strains and Plasmids from Pakistan and the United States M. W. Pesesky et al. (2015 Volume 21, Number 6)

Klebsiella pneumoniae Co-Producing NDM-5 and OXA-181 Carbapenemases, South Korea S. Cho et al. (2015 Volume 21, Number 6)

Enterovirus D68–Associated Severe Pneumonia, China, 2014 T. Zhang et al. (2015 Volume 21, Number 5)

Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Chlamydia spp. Infection in Community-Acquired Pneumonia, Germany, 2011–2012 R. Dumke et al. (2015 Volume 21, Number 3)

Risk Factors for Death from Invasive Pneumococcal Disease, Europe, 2010 A. Navarro-Torné et al. (2015 Volume 21, Number 3)

Influenza-Associated Hospitalizations, Singapore, 2004–2008 and 2010–2012 Ang, Li Wei et al. (2014 Volume 20, Number 10)

Risk Factors for Severe Influenza A–Related Pneumonia in Adult Cohort, Mexico, 2013–14 Gomez-Gomez, A et al. (2014 Volume 20, Number 9)

Death of Woman with Peripartum Influenza B Virus Infection and Necrotizing Pneumonia Rein, J. L. (2014 Volume 20, Number 7)

Carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae and Hematologic Malignancies Pagano, Livio (2014 Volume 20, Number 7)

Legionnaires’ Disease Caused by Legionella pneumophila Serogroups 5 and 10, China Zhou, Weijie (2014 Volume 20, Number 7)

Deaths Attributable to Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Infections Falagas, M. E. et al. (2014 Volume 20, Number 7)

Rapid Metagenomic Diagnostics for Suspected Outbreak of Severe Pneumonia Grundhoff, Adam (2014 Volume 20, Number 6)

Rapid Spread and Diversification of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Genotype ON1, Kenya Agoti, C. N. et al. (2014 Volume 20, Number 6)

Characteristics of Patients with Mild to Moderate Primary Pulmonary Coccidioidomycosis Blair, J. E. et al. (2014 Volume 20, Number 6)

Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamases in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in Gulls, Alaska, USA Drobni, Mirva (2014 Volume 20, Number 5)

Extensively Drug-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae, South Korea, 2011–2012 Cho, Sun Young (2014 Volume 20, Number 5)

Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in Soldiers, South Korea, April 2011–March 2012 Heo, Jung Yeon et al. (2014 Volume 20, Number 5)

Persistence and Complex Evolution of Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae Clone Ben-David, Debby et al. (2014 Volume 20, Number 5)

Nasopharyngeal Bacterial Interactions in Children Suzuki, Motoi (2014 Volume 20, Number 2)

Co-Production of NDM-1 and OXA-232 by Klebsiella pneumoniae Doi, Yohei (2014 Volume 20, Number 1)

Rapidly Fatal Hemorrhagic Pneumonia and Group A Streptococcus Serotype M1 Santagati, Maria et al. (2014 Volume 20, Number 1)

Population-based Surveillance for Bacterial Meningitis in China, September 2006–December 2009 Li, Yixing et al. (2014 Volume 20, Number 1)

Contagious Caprine Pleuropneumonia in Endangered Tibetan Antelope, China, 2012 Gao, Yuwei (2013 Volume 19, Number 12)

Deaths from Bacterial Pneumonia during 1918–19 Influenza Pandemic Brundage, J. F. and Shanks, G. D. (2008 Volume 14, Number 8)

Haemophilus parahaemolyticus Septic Shock after Aspiration Pneumonia, France Rolain, Jean-Marc (2013 Volume 19, Number 10)

Use of National Pneumonia Surveillance to Describe Influenza A(H7N9) Virus Epidemiology, China, 2004–2013 Xiang, Nijuan et al. (2013 Volume 19, Number 11)

Medscape CME Activity
Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia in Patients with or without AIDS, France Barclay, Laurie (2014 Volume 20, Number 9)

Invasive Fungal Infections after Natural Disasters Vega, C.P. (2014 Volume 20, Number 3)

Medscape CME Activity

Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia in Patients with or without AIDS, France Barclay, Laurie (2014 Volume 20, Number 9)

Invasive Fungal Infections after Natural Disasters Vega, C.P (2014 Volume 20, Number 3)

Podcasts

Outbreak of Streptococcus pneumoniae in a Psychiatric Unit (2012 Volume 18, Number 11)

Pneumococcal Pneumonia and Pandemic H1N1 (2012 Volume 18, Number 2)

Additional Resources

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• World Pneumonia Day
• MMWR

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