HIGH INCIDENCE OF ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA IN COMMUNITY‐ AND HOSPITAL‐ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA IN HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS: A MULTICENTER, PROSPECTIVE STUDY IN JAPAN

To the Editor: Hospitalization for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in elderly people is associated with high mortality and with a high rate of readmission.1, 2 The recent data suggest that aspiration pneumonia due to silent aspiration is an important mechanism for the pathogenesis of pneumonia in older people.3-5 Although the importance of aspiration as a frequent mechanism of CAP and hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP is well known), the...