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Clinical Practice Guidelines for Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Outpatients
The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and American Thoracic Society (ATS) issued updated clinical practice guidelines for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP).Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), an infection of the lung parenchyma that occurs in persons outside of a hospital setting, is associated with high morbidity and mortality.&nb...
Short-Course vs Long-Course Antibiotic Therapy for Children with Nonsevere Community-Acquired Pneumonia
JAMA Pediatrics: Published on November 2022A Systematic Review and Meta-analysisTAKE-HOME MESSAGEAre shorter courses of antibiotics as good as longer courses?This systematic review and meta-analysis assessed whether shorter courses of antibiotics are noninferior to longer courses of antibiotics for nonsevere community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in...
RSV Pneumonia with or without bacterial co-infection among healthy children
Key Information: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality globally in preschool children with acute lower respiratory infections. Current guidelines do not support the routine use of antibiotics in these children. However, higher incidence of bacterial co-infection with RSV bronchopulmonary infe...
Amoxicillin plus Clavulanic Acid VS Amoxicillin in the Treatment of Community Acquired Pneumonia in Children
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a significant cause of respiratory morbidity and mortality in children, especially in developing countries. Worldwide, CAP is the leading cause of death in children younger than five years. Clinical assessment requires careful evaluation of clinical features, severity, and evidence of complications....
Treatment of Community-Acquired Pneumonia during the COVID-19 Pandemic
The rapidly escalating coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has focused attention on the diagnosis and treatment of patients with acute respiratory infection in an unprecedented manner. Although most of the lung injury patients have is believed to be caused by the virus, concern over bacterial co-infection also informs current treatmen...
Antibiotics for Pneumonia: COVID-19 guideline
Antibiotics treatment for bacterial pneumonia in adults in hospital  Antibiotic management of suspected or confirmed bacterial pneumonia in adults in hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes people presenting to hospital with moderate to severe community-acquired pneumonia and people who develop pneumonia while in hospital.COVID...