Population-based incidence and mortality of community-acquired pneumonia in Germany.

<h4>Background</h4>Little information on the current burden of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in adults in Germany is available.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a retrospective cohort study using a representative healthcare claims database of approx. 4 million adults to estim...

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Main Authors: Christian Theilacker, Ralf Sprenger, Friedhelm Leverkus, Jochen Walker, Dennis Häckl, Christof von Eiff, Julia Schiffner-Rohe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253118