id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-293540-45awgabp Drancourt, Michel Point-of-care testing for community-acquired pneumonia 2013-07-23 .txt text/plain 1697 97 50 The rate and timing of pandemic A H1N1 virus infections might have revealed the diff erences in H7N9 disease outcome, by contrast with historical infections with seasonal infl uenza A H3N2 viruses. To avoid this delay, we introduced point-of-care (POC) microbiology laboratories near emergency departments where patients with community-acquired pneumonia are seen fi rst. However, it should be noted that not all pathogens that can cause community-acquired pneumonia can be detected by POC tests, and molecular tests for Staphylococus aureus have not been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or the European Conformity (CE). 9 This new capacity of POC tests increases the number of diagnoses 11 and underscores that community-acquired pneumonia can result from co-infection with several pathogens, 10 which will challenge common notions about causation and management. Furthermore, detection by POC testing of an abnormal increase in group A streptococci might suggest co-infection with infl uenza. ./cache/cord-293540-45awgabp.txt ./txt/cord-293540-45awgabp.txt