About the Authors
- Jordi Almirall
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* E-mail: jalmirall@csdm.cat
Affiliation Critical Care Unit, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, CIBERES, Barcelona, Spain
- Ignasi Bolíbar
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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
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Affiliation Research Unit, Hospital de Mataró, CIBEREHD, Barcelona
- Elisabet Palomera
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Affiliation Research Unit, Hospital de Mataró, CIBEREHD, Barcelona
- Jordi Roig
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Affiliation Hospital Nostra Senyora de Meritxell, Principat d’Andorra
- Imma Hospital
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Affiliation Institut Català de la Salut (ICS), Basrcelona
- Eugenia Carandell
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Affiliation IB-SALUT Balears, Palma de Mallorca
- Mercè Agustí
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Affiliation Institut Català de la Salut (ICS), Basrcelona
- Pilar Ayuso
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Affiliation INSALUD, Valencia, Spain
- Andreu Estela
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Affiliation IB-SALUT Balears, Palma de Mallorca
- Antoni Torres
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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)
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¶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.