CAPO Publications

Data from CAPO has been used in numerous publications for more than a decade. This list represents a sampling. All of them can be found on PubMed (PubMed document identifiers are provided).

  1. International Perspective on the New 2019 American Thoracic Society/Infectious Diseases Society of America Community-Acquired Pneumonia Guideline: A Critical Appraisal by a Global Expert Panel. Pletz MW Blasi F Chalmers JD Dela Cruz CS Feldman C Luna CM Ramirez JA Shindo Y Stolz D Torres A Webb B Welte T Wunderink R Aliberti S . Chest  2020 Aug 25  ()  . PubMed ID: 32858009
  2. Discovery and predictive modeling of urine microbiome, metabolite and cytokine biomarkers in hospitalized patients with community acquired pneumonia. Pierre JF Akbilgic O Smallwood H Cao X Fitzpatrick EA Pena S Furmanek SP Ramirez JA Jonsson CB . Scientific reports  2020 Aug 7  10 (1)  13418. PubMed ID: 32770049
  3. Vaccine Effectiveness Against Influenza-Associated Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in Hospitalized Adults, Louisville, Kentucky, 2010-2013. Chow EJ Rolfes MA Carrico RL Furmanek S Ramirez JA Ferdinands JM Fry AM Patel MM . Open forum infectious diseases  2020 Jul  7 (7)  ofaa262. PubMed ID: 32715020
  4. Treatment of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Immunocompromised Adults: A Consensus Statement Regarding Initial Strategies. Ramirez JA Musher DM Evans SE Dela Cruz C Crothers KA Hage CA Aliberti S Anzueto A Arancibia F Arnold F Azoulay E Blasi F Bordon J Burdette S Cao B Cavallazzi R Chalmers J Charles P Chastre J Claessens YE Dean N Duval X Fartoukh M Feldman C File T Froes F Furmanek S Gnoni M Lopardo G Luna C Maruyama T Menendez R Metersky M Mildvan D Mortensen E Niederman MS Pletz M Rello J Restrepo MI Shindo Y Torres A Waterer G Webb B Welte T Witzenrath M Wunderink R . Chest  2020 Jun 16  ()  . PubMed ID: 32561442
  5. The Burden of Community-Acquired Pneumonia Requiring Admission to ICU in the United States. Cavallazzi R Furmanek S Arnold FW Beavin LA Wunderink RG Niederman MS Ramirez JA . Chest  2020 Sep  158 (3)  1008-1016. PubMed ID: 32298730
  6. Socioeconomic Position and the Incidence, Severity, and Clinical Outcomes of Hospitalized Patients With Community-Acquired Pneumonia. Wiemken TL Carrico RM Furmanek SP Guinn BE Mattingly WA Peyrani P Ramirez JA . Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974)  2020 May/Jun  135 (3)  364-371. PubMed ID: 32228396
  7. Community-acquired pneumonia in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Cavallazzi R Ramirez J . Current opinion in infectious diseases  2020 Apr  33 (2)  173-181. PubMed ID: 32022741
  8. Impact of a systematic evaluation of connective tissue disease on diagnosis approach in patients with interstitial lung diseases. Hernandez-Gonzalez F Prieto-González S Brito-Zeron P Cuerpo S Sanchez M Ramirez J Agustí C Lucena CM Paradela M Grafia I Espinosa G Sellares J . Medicine  2020 Jan  99 (4)  e18589. PubMed ID: 31977850
  9. Older Adults Hospitalized for Pneumonia in the United States: Incidence, Epidemiology, and Outcomes. Arnold FW Reyes Vega AM Salunkhe V Furmanek S Furman C Morton L Faul A Yankeelov P Ramirez JA . Journal of the American Geriatrics Society  2020 May  68 (5)  1007-1014. PubMed ID: 31916246
  10. Incidence and Mortality of Adults Hospitalized With Community-Acquired Pneumonia According to Clinical Course. Peyrani P Arnold FW Bordon J Furmanek S Luna CM Cavallazzi R Ramirez J . Chest  2020 Jan  157 (1)  34-41. PubMed ID: 31610158
  11. Acute exacerbations of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: Does clinical stratification or steroid treatment matter? Cuerpo S Moisés J Hernández-González F Benegas M Ramirez J Sánchez M Agustí À Sellares J . Chronic respiratory disease  2019 Jan-Dec  16 ()  1479973119869334. PubMed ID: 31431063
  12. Early Clinical Response in Community-acquired Bacterial Pneumonia: From Clinical Endpoint to Clinical Practice. Ramirez JA Tzanis E Curran M Noble R Chitra S Manley A Kirsch C McGovern PC . Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America  2019 Aug 1  69 (Suppl 1)  S33-S39. PubMed ID: 31367741
  13. Predicting the need for ICU admission in community-acquired pneumonia. Gearhart AM Furmanek S English C Ramirez J Cavallazzi R . Respiratory medicine  2019 Aug  155 ()  61-65. PubMed ID: 31302580
  14. Hospitalization due to community-acquired pneumonia in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: incidence, epidemiology and outcomes. Bordon J Slomka M Gupta R Furmanek S Cavallazzi R Sethi S Niederman M Ramirez JA University of Louisville Pneumonia Study Group. . Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases  2020 Feb  26 (2)  220-226. PubMed ID: 31254714
  15. Histoplasma capsulatum and Pneumocystis jirovecii coinfection in hospitalized HIV and non-HIV patients from a tertiary care hospital in Mexico. Carreto-Binaghi LE Morales-Villarreal FR García-de la Torre G Vite-Garín T Ramirez JA Aliouat EM Martínez-Orozco JA Taylor ML . International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases  2019 Sep  86 ()  65-72. PubMed ID: 31207386
  16. Pneumococcal epidemiology among us adults hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia. Isturiz RE Ramirez J Self WH Grijalva CG Counselman FL Volturo G Ostrosky-Zeichner L Peyrani P Wunderink RG Sherwin R Overcash JS Oliva SP File T Wiemken TL McLaughlin JM Pride MW Gray S Alexander R Ford KD Jiang Q Jodar L . Vaccine  2019 May 31  37 (25)  3352-3361. PubMed ID: 31072732
  17. Nebulized Amikacin and Fosfomycin for Severe Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pneumonia: An Experimental Study. Li Bassi G Motos A Fernandez-Barat L Aguilera Xiol E Chiurazzi C Senussi T Saco MA Fuster C Carbonara M Bobi J Amaro R De Rosa F Comaru T Yang H Ranzani OT Marti JD Rinaudo M Comino Trinidad O Rigol M Bringué J Ramirez J Nicolau DP Pelosi P Antonelli M Blasi F Artigas A Montgomery AB Torres A . Critical care medicine  2019 Jun  47 (6)  e470-e477. PubMed ID: 30882478
  18. Recruitment manoeuvres dislodge mucus towards the distal airways in an experimental model of severe pneumonia. Li Bassi G Comaru T Martí D Xiol EA Chiurazzi C Travierso C Carbonara M Ranzani OT Amaro R Frigola G Fuster C Saco MA Zanella A De Rosa F Rigol M Fernandez L Luque N Ramirez J Blasi F Suen J Fraser J Torres A . British journal of anaesthesia  2019 Feb  122 (2)  269-276. PubMed ID: 30686313
  19. The burden of community-acquired bacterial pneumonia in the era of antibiotic resistance. Peyrani P Mandell L Torres A Tillotson GS . Expert review of respiratory medicine  2019 Feb  13 (2)  139-152. PubMed ID: 30596308
  20. Influenza and Viral Pneumonia. Cavallazzi R Ramirez JA . Clinics in chest medicine  2018 Dec  39 (4)  703-721. PubMed ID: 30390743
  21. Macrolide therapy is associated with lower mortality in community-acquired bacteraemic pneumonia. Arnold FW Lopardo G Wiemken TL Kelley R Peyrani P Mattingly WA Feldman C Gnoni M Maurici R Ramirez JA Community-Acquired Pneumonia Organization (CAPO). . Respiratory medicine  2018 Jul  140 ()  115-121. PubMed ID: 29957272
  22. Effectiveness of 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Against Hospitalization for Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Older US Adults: A Test-Negative Design. McLaughlin JM Jiang Q Isturiz RE Sings HL Swerdlow DL Gessner BD Carrico RM Peyrani P Wiemken TL Mattingly WA Ramirez JA Jodar L . Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America  2018 Oct 30  67 (10)  1498-1506. PubMed ID: 29790925
  23. Future Research Directions in Pneumonia. NHLBI Working Group Report. Dela Cruz CS Wunderink RG Christiani DC Cormier SA Crothers K Doerschuk CM Evans SE Goldstein DR Khatri P Kobzik L Kolls JK Levy BD Metersky ML Niederman MS Nusrat R Orihuela CJ Peyrani P Prince AS Ramírez JA Ridge KM Sethi S Suratt BT Sznajder JI Tsalik EL Walkey AJ Yende S Aggarwal NR Caler EV Mizgerd JP . American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine  2018 Jul 15  198 (2)  256-263. PubMed ID: 29546996
  24. How can we improve clinical research in pneumonia? Ramirez JA . Current opinion in pulmonary medicine  2018 May  24 (3)  220-226. PubMed ID: 29470254
  25. Adults Hospitalized With Pneumonia in the United States: Incidence, Epidemiology, and Mortality. Ramirez JA Wiemken TL Peyrani P Arnold FW Kelley R Mattingly WA Nakamatsu R Pena S Guinn BE Furmanek SP Persaud AK Raghuram A Fernandez F Beavin L Bosson R Fernandez-Botran R Cavallazzi R Bordon J Valdivieso C Schulte J Carrico RM University of Louisville Pneumonia Study Group. . Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America  2017 Nov 13  65 (11)  1806-1812. PubMed ID: 29020164
  26. Acute Low-Dose Hydralazine-Induced Lupus Pneumonitis. Holman SK Parris D Meyers S Ramirez J . Case reports in pulmonology  2017  2017 ()  2650142. PubMed ID: 28932614
  27. Serum and exhaled breath condensate inflammatory cytokines in community-acquired pneumonia: a prospective cohort study. Aliberti S Morlacchi LC Faverio P Fernandez-Botran R Cosentini R Mantero M Peyrani P Ramirez J Bordon J Blasi F . Pneumonia (Nathan Qld.)  2016  8 ()  8. PubMed ID: 28702287
  28. The order of administration of macrolides and beta-lactams may impact the outcomes of hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia: results from the community-acquired pneumonia organization. Peyrani P Wiemken TL Metersky ML Arnold FW Mattingly WA Feldman C Cavallazzi R Fernandez-Botran R Bordon J Ramirez JA . Infectious diseases (London, England)  2018 Jan  50 (1)  13-20. PubMed ID: 28699429
  29. Individualizing duration of antibiotic therapy in community-acquired pneumonia. Aliberti S Ramirez J Giuliani F Wiemken T Sotgiu G Tedeschi S Carugati M Valenti V Marchioni M Camera M Piro R Del Forno M Milani G Faverio P Richeldi L Deotto M Villani M Voza A Tobaldini E Bernardi M Bellone A Bassetti M Blasi F . Pulmonary pharmacology & therapeutics  2017 Aug  45 ()  191-201. PubMed ID: 28666965
  30. Long-term Mortality in Hospitalized Patients With Community-Acquired Pneumonia. Peyrani P Ramirez J . The American journal of the medical sciences  2017 May  353 (5)  421. PubMed ID: 28502325
  31. Using cluster analysis of cytokines to identify patterns of inflammation in hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia: a pilot study. Wiemken TL Kelley RR Fernandez-Botran R Mattingly WA Arnold FW Furmanek SP Restrepo MI Chalmers JD Peyrani P Cavallazzi R Bordon J Aliberti S Ramirez JA . The University of Louisville journal of respiratory infections  2017  1 (1)  3-11. PubMed ID: 28393141
  32. Neutrophils and Ly6Chi monocytes collaborate in generating an optimal cytokine response that protects against pulmonary Legionella pneumophila infection. Casson CN Doerner JL Copenhaver AM Ramirez J Holmgren AM Boyer MA Siddarthan IJ Rouhanifard SH Raj A Shin S . PLoS pathogens  2017 Apr  13 (4)  e1006309. PubMed ID: 28384349
  33. Role of Atypical Pathogens in the Etiology of Community-Acquired Pneumonia. Arnold FW Summersgill JT Ramirez JA . Seminars in respiratory and critical care medicine  2016 Dec  37 (6)  819-828. PubMed ID: 27960206
  34. Comparing posteroanterior with lateral and anteroposterior chest radiography in the initial detection of parapneumonic effusions. Moffett BK Panchabhai TS Nakamatsu R Arnold FW Peyrani P Wiemken T Guardiola J Ramirez JA . The American journal of emergency medicine  2016 Dec  34 (12)  2402-2407. PubMed ID: 27793503
  35. Acute myocardial infarction <i>versus</i> other cardiovascular events in community-acquired pneumonia. Aliberti S Ramirez J Cosentini R Valenti V Voza A Rossi P Stolz D Legnani D Pesci A Richeldi L Peyrani P Massari FM Blasi F . ERJ open research  2015 May  1 (1)  . PubMed ID: 27730139
  36. A novel excitatory network for the control of breathing. Anderson TM Garcia AJ 3rd Baertsch NA Pollak J Bloom JC Wei AD Rai KG Ramirez JM . Nature  2016 Aug 4  536 (7614)  76-80. PubMed ID: 27462817
  37. The Impact of Age and Comorbidities on the Mortality of Patients of Different Age Groups Admitted with Community-acquired Pneumonia. Luna CM Palma I Niederman MS Membriani E Giovini V Wiemken TL Peyrani P Ramirez J . Annals of the American Thoracic Society  2016 Sep  13 (9)  1519-26. PubMed ID: 27398827
  38. Viral infection in community-acquired pneumonia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Burk M El-Kersh K Saad M Wiemken T Ramirez J Cavallazzi R . European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society  2016 Jun  25 (140)  178-88. PubMed ID: 27246595
  39. Granulomatous-lymphocytic interstitial lung disease as the first manifestation of common variable immunodeficiency. Tashtoush B Memarpour R Ramirez J Bejarano P Mehta J . The clinical respiratory journal  2018 Jan  12 (1)  337-343. PubMed ID: 27243233
  40. Cost effectiveness of adherence to IDSA/ATS guidelines in elderly patients hospitalized for Community-Aquired Pneumonia. Egger ME Myers JA Arnold FW Pass LA Ramirez JA Brock GN . BMC medical informatics and decision making  2016 Mar 15  16 ()  34. PubMed ID: 26976388
  41. Real-Time Enrollment Dashboard For Multisite Clinical Trials. Mattingly WA Kelley RR Wiemken TL Chariker JH Peyrani P Guinn BE Binford LE Buckner K Ramirez J . Contemporary clinical trials communications  2015 Oct 30  1 ()  17-21. PubMed ID: 26878068
  42. Auscultation of Velcro Crackles is Associated With Usual Interstitial Pneumonia. Sellarés J Hernández-González F Lucena CM Paradela M Brito-Zerón P Prieto-González S Benegas M Cuerpo S Espinosa G Ramírez J Sánchez M Xaubet A . Medicine  2016 Feb  95 (5)  e2573. PubMed ID: 26844464
  43. The upper respiratory tract microbiome of hospitalised patients with community-acquired pneumonia of unknown aetiology: a pilot study. Wiemken TL Jala VR Kelley RR Peyrani P Mattingly WA Arnold FW Cabral PW Cavallazzi R Haribabu B Ramirez JA . Pneumonia (Nathan Qld.)  2015  6 ()  83-89. PubMed ID: 31641582
  44. Macrolide Use and Neutrophil Function/Cytokine Levels in Hospitalized Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Pilot Study. Arnold FW Bordon J Fernandez-Botran R Rane MJ Uriarte SM Kelley R Wiemken TL Peyrani P Ramirez JA Community-Acquired Pneumonia Inflammatory Study Group. . Lung  2016 Feb  194 (1)  155-62. PubMed ID: 26553025
  45. Bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia: clinical outcomes and preliminary results of inflammatory response. Bordon JM Fernandez-Botran R Wiemken TL Peyrani P Uriarte SM Arnold FW Rodriquez-Hernandez L Rane MJ Kelley RR Binford LE Uppatla S Cavallazzi R Blasi F Aliberti S Restrepo MI Fazeli S Mathur A Rahmani M Ayesu K Ramirez J . Infection  2015 Dec  43 (6)  729-38. PubMed ID: 26424683
  46. De-escalation therapy among bacteraemic patients with community-acquired pneumonia. Carugati M Franzetti F Wiemken T Kelley RR Peyrani P Blasi F Ramirez J Aliberti S . Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases  2015 Oct  21 (10)  936.e11-8. PubMed ID: 26115864
  47. Outcomes in patients with community-acquired pneumonia admitted to the intensive care unit. Cavallazzi R Wiemken T Arnold FW Luna CM Bordon J Kelley R Feldman C Chalmers JD Torres A Ramirez J . Respiratory medicine  2015 Jun  109 (6)  743-50. PubMed ID: 25956021
  48. Endotracheal tube biofilm translocation in the lateral Trendelenburg position. Li Bassi G Fernandez-Barat L Saucedo L Giunta V Marti JD Tavares Ranzani O Aguilera Xiol E Rigol M Roca I Muñoz L Luque N Esperatti M Saco MA Ramirez J Vila J Ferrer M Torres A . Critical care (London, England)  2015 Feb 27  19 ()  59. PubMed ID: 25887536
  49. How to choose the duration of antibiotic therapy in patients with pneumonia. Aliberti S Giuliani F Ramirez J Blasi F DURATION Study Group. . Current opinion in infectious diseases  2015 Apr  28 (2)  177-84. PubMed ID: 25692271
  50. What is the best therapeutic approach to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia? Peyrani P Ramirez J . Current opinion in infectious diseases  2015 Apr  28 (2)  164-70. PubMed ID: 25692268
  51. Midregional proadrenomedullin for prognosis in community-acquired pneumonia: a systematic review. Cavallazzi R El-Kersh K Abu-Atherah E Singh S Loke YK Wiemken T Ramirez J . Respiratory medicine  2014 Nov  108 (11)  1569-80. PubMed ID: 25448309
  52. Characteristics associated with clinician diagnosis of aspiration pneumonia: a descriptive study of afflicted patients and their outcomes. Lanspa MJ Peyrani P Wiemken T Wilson EL Ramirez JA Dean NC . Journal of hospital medicine  2015 Feb  10 (2)  90-6. PubMed ID: 25363892
  53. Gravity predominates over ventilatory pattern in the prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia. Li Bassi G Marti JD Saucedo L Rigol M Roca I Cabanas M Muñoz L Ranzani OT Giunta V Luque N Esperatti M Gabarrus A Fernandez L Rinaudo M Ferrer M Ramirez J Vila J Torres A . Critical care medicine  2014 Sep  42 (9)  e620-7. PubMed ID: 24979484
  54. Higher clinical success in patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus treated with linezolid compared with vancomycin: results from the IMPACT-HAP study. Peyrani P Wiemken TL Kelley R Zervos MJ Kett DH File TM Jr Stein GE Ford KD Scerpella EG Welch V Ramirez JA IMPACT-HAP Study Group. . Critical care (London, England)  2014 Jun 10  18 (3)  R118. PubMed ID: 24916853
  55. Ruling out Legionella in community-acquired pneumonia. Haubitz S Hitz F Graedel L Batschwaroff M Wiemken TL Peyrani P Ramirez JA Fux CA Mueller B Schuetz P . The American journal of medicine  2014 Oct  127 (10)  1010.e11-9. PubMed ID: 24813862
  56. Adherence with national guidelines in hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia: results from the CAPO study in Venezuela. Levy G Perez M Rodríguez B Hernández Voth A Perez J Gnoni M Kelley R Wiemken T Ramirez J . Archivos de bronconeumologia  2015 Apr  51 (4)  163-8. PubMed ID: 24809678
  57. Risk factors for pulmonary tuberculosis in community-acquired pneumonia. Cavallazzi R Wiemken T Ramirez J . The European respiratory journal  2014 Apr  43 (4)  1214. PubMed ID: 24687677
  58. Cardiac diseases complicating community-acquired pneumonia. Aliberti S Ramirez JA . Current opinion in infectious diseases  2014 Jun  27 (3)  295-301. PubMed ID: 24685550
  59. A novel porcine model of ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by oropharyngeal challenge with Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Li Bassi G Rigol M Marti JD Saucedo L Ranzani OT Roca I Cabanas M Muñoz L Giunta V Luque N Rinaudo M Esperatti M Fernandez-Barat L Ferrer M Vila J Ramirez J Torres A . Anesthesiology  2014 May  120 (5)  1205-15. PubMed ID: 24618700
  60. The effectiveness of the polysaccharide pneumococcal vaccine for the prevention of hospitalizations due to Streptococcus pneumoniae community-acquired pneumonia in the elderly differs between the sexes: results from the Community-Acquired Pneumonia Organization (CAPO) international cohort study. Wiemken TL Carrico RM Klein SL Jonsson CB Peyrani P Kelley RR Aliberti S Blasi F Fernandez-Gonzalez R Lopardo G Ramirez JA CAPO Investigators. . Vaccine  2014 Apr 17  32 (19)  2198-203. PubMed ID: 24613522
  61. Phenotyping community-acquired pneumonia according to the presence of acute respiratory failure and severe sepsis. Aliberti S Brambilla AM Chalmers JD Cilloniz C Ramirez J Bignamini A Prina E Polverino E Tarsia P Pesci A Torres A Blasi F Cosentini R . Respiratory research  2014 Mar 4  15 ()  27. PubMed ID: 24593040
  62. Contrasting inflammatory responses in severe and non-severe community-acquired pneumonia. Fernandez-Botran R Uriarte SM Arnold FW Rodriguez-Hernandez L Rane MJ Peyrani P Wiemken T Kelley R Uppatla S Cavallazzi R Blasi F Morlacchi L Aliberti S Jonsson C Ramirez JA Bordon J . Inflammation  2014 Aug  37 (4)  1158-66. PubMed ID: 24557760
  63. A worldwide perspective of nursing home-acquired pneumonia compared with community-acquired pneumonia. Liapikou A Polverino E Cilloniz C Peyrani P Ramirez J Menendez R Torres A Community-Acquired Pneumonia Organization (CAPO) Investigators. . Respiratory care  2014 Jul  59 (7)  1078-85. PubMed ID: 24194575
  64. Absence of gender-based differences in outcome of patients with hospital-acquired pneumonia. Caceres F Welch VL Kett DH Scerpella EG Peyrani P Ford KD Ramirez JA Impact-Hap Study Group. . Journal of women's health (2002)  2013 Dec  22 (12)  1069-75. PubMed ID: 24128006
  65. Predicting Mycobacterium tuberculosis in patients with community-acquired pneumonia. Cavallazzi R Wiemken T Christensen D Peyrani P Blasi F Levy G Aliberti S Kelley R Ramirez J Community-Acquired Pneumonia Organization (CAPO) Investigators. . The European respiratory journal  2014 Jan  43 (1)  178-84. PubMed ID: 23794467
  66. Mortality differences among hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia in three world regions: results from the Community-Acquired Pneumonia Organization (CAPO) International Cohort Study. Arnold FW Wiemken TL Peyrani P Ramirez JA Brock GN CAPO authors. . Respiratory medicine  2013 Jul  107 (7)  1101-11. PubMed ID: 23660396
  67. Cytokines and neutrophils responses in influenza pneumonia. Bordon JM Uriarte S Arnold FW Fernandez-Botran R Rane M Peyrani P Cavallazzi R Saad M Ramirez J . Infection  2013 Oct  41 (5)  1021-4. PubMed ID: 23589279
  68. Early administration of the first antimicrobials should be considered a marker of optimal care of patients with community-acquired pneumonia rather than a predictor of outcomes. Bordon J Aliberti S Duvvuri P Wiemken T Peyrani P Natividad I Caceres-Lara A Delapenha R Blasi F Ramirez J . International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases  2013 May  17 (5)  e293-8. PubMed ID: 23507237
  69. Phenotypic differences in virulence and immune response in closely related clinical isolates of influenza A 2009 H1N1 pandemic viruses in mice. Camp JV Chu YK Chung DH McAllister RC Adcock RS Gerlach RL Wiemken TL Peyrani P Ramirez JA Summersgill JT Jonsson CB . PloS one  2013  8 (2)  e56602. PubMed ID: 23441208
  70. What is the association of cardiovascular events with clinical failure in patients with community-acquired pneumonia? Peyrani P Ramirez J . Infectious disease clinics of North America  2013 Mar  27 (1)  205-10. PubMed ID: 23398875
  71. Clinical scoring tools: which is best to predict clinical response and long-term outcomes? Wiemken T Kelley R Ramirez J . Infectious disease clinics of North America  2013 Mar  27 (1)  33-48. PubMed ID: 23398864
  72. Emergence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300 genotype as a major cause of late-onset nosocomial pneumonia in intensive care patients in the USA. Pasquale TR Jabrocki B Salstrom SJ Wiemken TL Peyrani P Haque NZ Scerpella EG Ford KD Zervos MJ Ramirez JA File TM Jr IMPACT-HAP Study Group. . International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases  2013 Jun  17 (6)  e398-403. PubMed ID: 23375542
  73. Randomized phase 2 trial to evaluate the clinical efficacy of two high-dosage tigecycline regimens versus imipenem-cilastatin for treatment of hospital-acquired pneumonia. Ramirez J Dartois N Gandjini H Yan JL Korth-Bradley J McGovern PC . Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy  2013 Apr  57 (4)  1756-62. PubMed ID: 23357775
  74. Clinical stability and switch therapy in hospitalised patients with community-acquired pneumonia: are we there yet? Ramirez JA . The European respiratory journal  2013 Jan  41 (1)  5-6. PubMed ID: 23277515
  75. Incidence of respiratory viruses in patients with community-acquired pneumonia admitted to the intensive care unit: results from the Severe Influenza Pneumonia Surveillance (SIPS) project. Wiemken T Peyrani P Bryant K Kelley RR Summersgill J Arnold F Carrico R McKinney WP Jonsson C Carrico K Ramirez J . European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology  2013 May  32 (5)  705-10. PubMed ID: 23274861
  76. Criteria for clinical stability in hospitalised patients with community-acquired pneumonia. Aliberti S Zanaboni AM Wiemken T Nahas A Uppatla S Morlacchi LC Peyrani P Blasi F Ramirez J . The European respiratory journal  2013 Sep  42 (3)  742-9. PubMed ID: 23143544
  77. Empiric therapy directed against MRSA in patients admitted to the intensive care unit does not improve outcomes in community-acquired pneumonia. Griffin AT Peyrani P Wiemken TL Ramirez JA Arnold FW . Infection  2013 Apr  41 (2)  517-23. PubMed ID: 23132663
  78. A three-step critical pathway for community-acquired pneumonia reduces duration of hospital stay and intravenous antibiotic use by 2 days. Peyrani P . Evidence-based nursing  2013 Apr  16 (2)  48-9. PubMed ID: 23100261
  79. Understanding the roles of cytokines and neutrophil activity and neutrophil apoptosis in the protective versus deleterious inflammatory response in pneumonia. Bordon J Aliberti S Fernandez-Botran R Uriarte SM Rane MJ Duvvuri P Peyrani P Morlacchi LC Blasi F Ramirez JA . International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases  2013 Feb  17 (2)  e76-83. PubMed ID: 23069683
  80. Outcomes in females hospitalised with community-acquired pneumonia are worse than in males. Arnold FW Wiemken TL Peyrani P Mirsaeidi M Ramirez JA Community Acquired Pneumonia Organization (CAPO) Study Group. . The European respiratory journal  2013 May  41 (5)  1135-40. PubMed ID: 22835618
  81. Switch therapy in hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia: tigecycline vs. levofloxacin. Ramirez JA Cooper AC Wiemken T Gardiner D Babinchak T 308 Study Group. . BMC infectious diseases  2012 Jul 19  12 ()  159. PubMed ID: 22812672
  82. Global changes in the epidemiology of community-acquired pneumonia. Wiemken TL Peyrani P Ramirez JA . Seminars in respiratory and critical care medicine  2012 Jun  33 (3)  213-9. PubMed ID: 22718207
  83. Analysis of pathogen and host factors related to clinical outcomes in patients with hospital-acquired pneumonia due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Haque NZ Arshad S Peyrani P Ford KD Perri MB Jacobsen G Reyes K Scerpella EG Ramirez JA Zervos MJ . Journal of clinical microbiology  2012 May  50 (5)  1640-4. PubMed ID: 22337980
  84. Incidence of nephrotoxicity and association with vancomycin use in intensive care unit patients with pneumonia: retrospective analysis of the IMPACT-HAP Database. Cano EL Haque NZ Welch VL Cely CM Peyrani P Scerpella EG Ford KD Zervos MJ Ramirez JA Kett DH Improving Medicine through Pathway Assessment of Critical Therapy of Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia (IMPACT-HAP) Study Group. . Clinical therapeutics  2012 Jan  34 (1)  149-57. PubMed ID: 22284995
  85. How to handle mortality when investigating length of hospital stay and time to clinical stability. Brock GN Barnes C Ramirez JA Myers J . BMC medical research methodology  2011 Oct 26  11 ()  144. PubMed ID: 22029846
  86. CD4+ cell counts and HIV-RNA levels do not predict outcomes of community-acquired pneumonia in hospitalized HIV-infected patients. Bordon J Kapoor R Martinez C Portela D Duvvuri P Klochko A Ayesu K Peyrani P Cillóniz C Wiemken T Parra A Torres A Rello J Ramirez J . International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases  2011 Dec  15 (12)  e822-7. PubMed ID: 21885316
  87. Severity of disease and clinical outcomes in patients with hospital-acquired pneumonia due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains not influenced by the presence of the Panton-Valentine leukocidin gene. Peyrani P Allen M Wiemken TL Haque NZ Zervos MJ Ford KD Scerpella EG Mangino JE Kett DH Ramirez JA IMPACT-HAP Study Group. . Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America  2011 Oct  53 (8)  766-71. PubMed ID: 21880581
  88. The use of large databases to study pneumonia: what is their value? Wiemken T Peyrani P Arnold FW Ramirez J . Clinics in chest medicine  2011 Sep  32 (3)  481-9. PubMed ID: 21867817
  89. Low CURB-65 is of limited value in deciding discharge of patients with community-acquired pneumonia. Aliberti S Ramirez J Cosentini R Brambilla AM Zanaboni AM Rossetti V Tarsia P Peyrani P Piffer F Blasi F . Respiratory medicine  2011 Nov  105 (11)  1732-8. PubMed ID: 21821405
  90. [Recurrent respiratory infections, pneumonia and pulmonary interstitial infiltrates in a 81 year old man]. Molina M Sánchez M Ramírez J . Medicina clinica  2011 Sep 17  137 (7)  311-6. PubMed ID: 21636102
  91. Computed tomography measurements of parapneumonic effusion indicative of thoracentesis. Moffett BK Panchabhai TS Anaya E Nakamatsu R Arnold FW Peyrani P Wiemken T Guardiola J Ramirez JA . The European respiratory journal  2011 Dec  38 (6)  1406-11. PubMed ID: 21622586
  92. ACR Appropriateness Criteria® acute respiratory illness in immunocompetent patients. Kirsch J Ramirez J Mohammed TL Amorosa JK Brown K Dyer DS Ginsburg ME Heitkamp DE Jeudy J Macmahon H Ravenel JG Saleh AG Shah RD . Journal of thoracic imaging  2011 May  26 (2)  W42-4. PubMed ID: 21508726
  93. Changing needs of community-acquired pneumonia. Ramirez JA Anzueto AR . The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy  2011 Apr  66 Suppl 3 ()  iii3-9. PubMed ID: 21482567
  94. Predicting mortality in hospitalized patients with 2009 H1N1 influenza pneumonia. Riquelme R Jiménez P Videla AJ Lopez H Chalmers J Singanayagam A Riquelme M Peyrani P Wiemken T Arbo G Benchetrit G Rioseco ML Ayesu K Klotchko A Marzoratti L Raya M Figueroa S Saavedra F Pryluka D Inzunza C Torres A Alvare P Fernandez P Barros M Gomez Y Contreras C Rello J Bordon J Feldman C Arnold F Nakamatsu R Riquelme J Blasi F Aliberti S Cosentini R Lopardo G Gnoni M Welte T Saad M Guardiola J Ramirez J . The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease  2011 Apr  15 (4)  542-6. PubMed ID: 21396216
  95. Association between time to clinical stability and outcomes after discharge in hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia. Aliberti S Peyrani P Filardo G Mirsaeidi M Amir A Blasi F Ramirez JA . Chest  2011 Aug  140 (2)  482-488. PubMed ID: 21330383
  96. Development and implementation of a performance improvement project in adult intensive care units: overview of the Improving Medicine Through Pathway Assessment of Critical Therapy in Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia (IMPACT-HAP) study. Mangino JE Peyrani P Ford KD Kett DH Zervos MJ Welch VL Scerpella EG Ramirez JA IMPACT-HAP Study Group. . Critical care (London, England)  2011  15 (1)  R38. PubMed ID: 21266065
  97. Implementation of guidelines for management of possible multidrug-resistant pneumonia in intensive care: an observational, multicentre cohort study. Kett DH Cano E Quartin AA Mangino JE Zervos MJ Peyrani P Cely CM Ford KD Scerpella EG Ramirez JA Improving Medicine through Pathway Assessment of Critical Therapy of Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia (IMPACT-HAP) Investigators. . The Lancet. Infectious diseases  2011 Mar  11 (3)  181-9. PubMed ID: 21256086
  98. Ventilator-associated pneumonia in critically ill stroke patients: frequency, risk factors, and outcomes. Kasuya Y Hargett JL Lenhardt R Heine MF Doufas AG Remmel KS Ramirez JA Akça O . Journal of critical care  2011 Jun  26 (3)  273-9. PubMed ID: 21106334
  99. Clinical and economic burden of pneumonia among adults in Latin America. Isturiz RE Luna CM Ramirez J . International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases  2010 Oct  14 (10)  e852-6. PubMed ID: 20615741
  100. Predictive accuracy of the pneumonia severity index vs CRB-65 for time to clinical stability: results from the Community-Acquired Pneumonia Organization (CAPO) International Cohort Study. Arnold FW Brock GN Peyrani P Rodríguez EL Díaz AA Rossi P Ramirez JA CAPO authors. . Respiratory medicine  2010 Nov  104 (11)  1736-43. PubMed ID: 20576417

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