Feature|Articles|November 3, 2026

The Uncounted Threat: Antibiotic-Resistant Pneumonia

Matthew Crawford, PhD, of the University of Virginia, and Mario Danek of Qnovia explain what pharmacists can do now and what may come next.

When a patient dies of drug-resistant pneumonia, the death certificate may never say so. Patients who die of resistant hospital-acquired pneumonia are usually in the ICU or long-term care for other conditions, and the underlying illness is what tends to get recorded, according to Mario Danek, founder and CEO of Qnovia.

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