TY - JOUR AU - Wuerth, Brandon AU - Bonnewell, John AU - Wiemken, Timothy AU - Arnold, Forest T1 - Trends in Pneumonia Mortality Rates and Hospitalizations by Organism, United States, 2002–2011 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2016 VL - 22 IS - 9 SP - 1624 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Because the epidemiology of pneumonia is changing, we performed an updated, population-based analysis of hospitalization and case-fatality rates for pneumonia patients in the United States. From 2002 to 2011, hospitalization rates decreased significantly for pneumonia caused by pneumococcus and Haemophilus influenzae but increased significantly for Pseudomonas spp., Staphylococcus aureus, and influenza virus. KW - pneumonia KW - case-fatality rate KW - influenza KW - Streptococcus pneumoniae KW - Staphylococcus aureus KW - hospitalization KW - respiratory infections KW - bacteria KW - staphylococci KW - streptococci KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid2209.150680 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/9/15-0680_article ER - End of Reference