Pathogen identification and outcome in adult patients with community-acquired pneumonia in Switzerland: findings from the Swiss CAPNETZ cohort study
Overall mortality of CAP stays high. S. pneumoniae remains the most common pathogen overall, while H. influenzae is the most frequent pathogen in immunocompromised patients. Molecular testing of sputum and BAL improves pathogen detection.
Authors
- Werner C. Albrich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0607-7159)
- Daiana Stolz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0099-882X)
- Samuel Etienne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6142-8946)
- Marcus Panning (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3596-5964)
- Mathias Wilhelm Pletz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8157-2753)
- Grit Barten-Neiner
- Frank Eberhardt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1268-7110)
- Vivian Suarez Domenech
Institutions
- Karolinska University Hospital (SE)
- University of Freiburg (DE)
- University of St.Gallen (CH)
- University Medical Center Freiburg (DE)
- University Hospital of Basel (CH)
- German Center for Lung Research (DE)
- Jena University Hospital (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infection
- Published
- 2025-11-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-025-02699-2
- Primary Topic
- Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Pfizer
- Deutsches Zentrum für Lungenforschung