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• Age; Infants and geriatric patients greater than 65 years
• Comorbidities
  • Diabetes
  • Chronic kidney disease
  • Cystic Fibrosis
  • COPD
  • Asthma
  • Lung cancer
• Smoking
• Excessive alcohol intake
• Immunosuppresion (eg, HIV, use of corticosteroids that may be iatrogenic)
• Males
• African Americans