Clinical and etiological characteristics of community-acquired pneumonia at high altitudes in Tibet, China

作     者：Qucuo Meilang Ran Li Xue-Mei Wu Ying Shang Pu Ning Jing Bao Qiongda Bianba Zhuoga Pubu Li-Ping Huang Zhan-Cheng Gao 

作者机构：Department of Respiratory MedicineTibet Autonomous Region People’s HospitalLhasaTibet 850000China Department of Respiratory and Critical Care MedicinePeking University People’s HospitalBeijing 100044China 

出 版 物：《Chinese Medical Journal》 (中华医学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2021年第134卷第6期

页      面：749-751页

核心收录：

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100201[医学-内科学(含：心血管病、血液病、呼吸系病、消化系病、内分泌与代谢病、肾病、风湿病、传染病)] 10[医学] 

主　　题：pneumonia altitude homeostasis 

摘      要：To the Editor:Community-acquired pneumonia(CAP)is one of the most common infectious diseases,causing high morbidity and *** altitudes are characterized by a hypoxic environment with low barometric pressure,increased ultraviolet radiation,and low *** can disturb normal homeostasis of the immune system,especially impairing the function of the T lymphocytes,leading to an increased susceptibility to bacterial *** respiratory symptoms of CAP at high altitudes are similar to that of high-altitude pulmonary edema.