About the Authors

Jordi Almirall

jalmirall@csdm.cat

Affiliation Critical Care Unit, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, CIBERES, Barcelona, Spain

Ignasi Bolíbar

Affiliation Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Public Health, Institute of Biomedical Research (IIB Sant Pau) Barcelona, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Ciber de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP)

Mateu Serra-Prat

Affiliation Research Unit, Hospital de Mataró, CIBEREHD, Barcelona

Elisabet Palomera

Affiliation Research Unit, Hospital de Mataró, CIBEREHD, Barcelona

Jordi Roig

Affiliation Hospital Nostra Senyora de Meritxell, Principat d’Andorra

Imma Hospital

Affiliation Institut Català de la Salut (ICS), Basrcelona

Eugenia Carandell

Affiliation IB-SALUT Balears, Palma de Mallorca

Mercè Agustí

Affiliation Institut Català de la Salut (ICS), Basrcelona

Pilar Ayuso

Affiliation INSALUD, Valencia, Spain

Andreu Estela

Affiliation IB-SALUT Balears, Palma de Mallorca

Antoni Torres

Affiliation Servei de Pneumologia, Institut Clínic del Torax, IDIBAPS, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, CIBERES, Barcelona, Spain

and the Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Catalan Countries (PACAP)

Members of the PACAP Study Group can be found in the acknowledgments

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JA IB IH EC MA PA AE JR. Performed the experiments: JA IB IH EC MA PA AE AT JR. Analyzed the data: EP MS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JA IB EP MS IH EC MA PA AE AT. Wrote the manuscript: JA IB MS.