TY - JOUR AU - Müller, Beat AU - Harbarth, Stephan AU - Stolz, Daiana AU - Bingisser, Roland AU - Mueller, Christian AU - Leuppi, Jörg AU - Nusbaumer, Charly AU - Tamm, Michael AU - Christ-Crain, Mirjam PY - 2007 DA - 2007/03/02 TI - Diagnostic and prognostic accuracy of clinical and laboratory parameters in community-acquired pneumonia JO - BMC Infectious Diseases SP - 10 VL - 7 IS - 1 AB - Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the most frequent infection-related cause of death. The reference standard to diagnose CAP is a new infiltrate on chest radiograph in the presence of recently acquired respiratory signs and symptoms. This study aims to evaluate the diagnostic and prognostic accuracy of clinical signs and symptoms and laboratory biomarkers for CAP. SN - 1471-2334 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-7-10 DO - 10.1186/1471-2334-7-10 ID - Müller2007 ER -