id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-323455-26xi2lqf AlBarrak, Ali Proportion of adult community-acquired pneumonia cases attributable to Streptococcus pneumoniae among Hajj pilgrims in 2016 2018-02-21 .txt text/plain 4237 201 49 This study was performed to evaluate the proportion of adult community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) cases attributable to Streptococcus pneumoniae among Hajj pilgrims in 2016. METHODS: Adult subjects hospitalized with X-ray-confirmed CAP were enrolled prospectively from all general hospitals designated to treat Hajj pilgrims in the holy cities of Mecca and Medina. RESULTS: From August 23 to September 23, 2016, a total of 266 patients with CAP were enrolled in the study, 70.6% of whom were admitted to hospitals in Mecca; 53% of the cases were admitted after the peak of Hajj. pneumoniae among adult Hajj pilgrims in 2016, using the urine antigen test as well as standard culture-based tests, in order to determine the clinical burden of disease associated with Hajj and inform vaccination policy-making. General pattern of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) case admissions to hospitals during the study period. It was aimed to systematically enroll all hospitalized X-ray-confirmed CAP cases among Hajj pilgrims during the study period. ./cache/cord-323455-26xi2lqf.txt ./txt/cord-323455-26xi2lqf.txt