Outcome in severe pneumonia

Symposium
Chairs: T. Welte (Hannover, Germany), A. Torres (Barcelona, Spain)
Aims: To explain the concept of non-responding pneumonia and to identify the factors influencing the lack of response and what clinicians can do to modify mortality in severe pneumonia.

Defining stability in pneumonia and the non-responding pneumonia A. Torres (Barcelona, Spain)
The influence of genetics on mortality from pneumonia S. Yende (Memphis, United States of America)
Pneumococcal pneumonia: an old disease with radically-new approaches for antibiotic therapy V. Yu (Pittsburgh, United States of America)
Non-antibiotic treatment for severe pneumonia? P. Pelosi (Milan, Italy)