Community-Acquired Pneumonia

This guideline unifies the approach to CAP management and emphasizes implementation strategies rather than changes in antimicrobial regimens.

Target Population: Emergency medicine physicians, hospitalists, and primary care practitioners, as well as infectious diseases specialists

Sponsoring Organizations: The Infectious Diseases Society of America and the American Thoracic Society

Type: Evidence-based consensus statement written by a panel of experts from the sponsoring societies. The new document updates guidelines that were previously issued separately by the two societies and reconciles disparities between those statements.

Key Points: Although community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) often can be treated successfully on an outpatient basis, it is among the most common diagnoses in patients requiring hospitalization.

This guideline differs little from the previous ones with respect to r…

Reviewing Author

Stephen G. Baum, MD

Community-Acquired Pneumonia

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