Background The etiologic profile of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) for each age group could be similar among inpatients and outpatients. This fact brings up the link between etiology of CAP ...

It can be serious because the bacteria causing the pneumonia can be resistant to antibiotics. Community-acquired pneumonia also includes aspiration pneumonia, which happens when you breathe food ...

Among older adults who were treated for community-acquired pneumonia in the hospital ... combined with radiographic evidence ...

Objective: To compare the safety and efficacy of clarithromycin and amoxicillin/clavulanic acid in patients with community-acquired pneumonia due to penicillin ...

A study in The Annals of Family Medicine explored how chest X-ray results influence antibiotic initiation by general practitioners in France when managing patients with suspected pneumonia.

Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a systemic disease and continues to be the leading cause of infectious mortality worldwide.1 Despite decades of advancements in patient care, mortality rates have ...