Pneumonia Spotlight-Influenza, Respiratory Syncytial Virus, and Other Respiratory Viruses: Getting Back to Where You Once Belonged

Influenza, Respiratory Syncytial Virus, and Other Respiratory Viruses: Getting Back to Where You Once Belonged

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The speaker begins by discussing the importance of considering reproductive freedom when choosing meeting locations for healthcare conferences. They then outline the objectives of their talk, which include discussing the burden of respiratory viruses in community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) , explaining the advantages and limitations of PCR-based diagnostic testing for respiratory viruses, and summarizing the evidence supporting the use of respiratory viral testing for patients with acute respiratory infections. They explain that viruses are an important cause of pneumonia and that our understanding of CAP epidemiology has shifted in recent years. They discuss the improved testing methods for respiratory viruses and the increased detection of viral infections in patients with CAP. They then explain PCR-based diagnostic testing, which allows for the detection of respiratory viruses with high sensitivity and quick turnaround times. They highlight the advantages of PCR-based testing, including its ability to detect low levels of viral burden, its speed, and its ability to test for multiple pathogens at once. However, they also note some limitations of PCR-based testing, such as the inability to distinguish between true infection and viral carriage. They discuss the impact of respiratory viral testing on patient outcomes and highlight the need for further research in this area. Finally, they summarize current guidelines on respiratory viral testing and discuss the ongoing efforts to improve testing methods and identify new biomarkers for respiratory infections.

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Category Chest Infections

Speaker Vaidehi Kaza, MD

Speaker James Walter, MD

Speaker Gowri Satyanarayana

Speaker Abhishek Deshpande

Keywords

reproductive freedom

respiratory viruses

PCR-based diagnostic testing

acute respiratory infections

viral infections

PCR-based testing

patient outcomes

respiratory viral testing

testing methods