eMedicine - Pneumonia Resource Center


		• Infectious Diseases Society of America/American Thoracic Society consensus guidelines on the management of community-acquired pneumonia in adults. • Evidence-based care guideline for community acquired pneumonia in children 60 days through 17 years of age. • Community-acquired pneumonia in adults. • Use of antibiotics in adults. • Guideline for the diagnosis and management of nursing home acquired pneumonia (NHAP), Mar 2007 • Guideline for the diagnosis and management of community acquired pneumonia : pediatric, 2006 • Guideline for the diagnosis and management of community acquired pneumonia : adult, 2006 • Diagnosis and treatment of respiratory illness in children and adults.


		• Legionnaires Disease • Mycoplasma Infections • Pneumonia, Bacterial • Pneumonia, Community-Acquired • Pneumonia, Mycoplasma • View All Pneumonia Articles


		• Rarely, severe pneumococcal infection may be associated with necrotizing pneumonia. • Early right middle lobe pneumonia. • Empyema caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae. Anteroposterior film. • Lobar consolidation with pneumococcal pneumonia. Lateral film. • Sputum Gram stain from a patient with a pneumococcal pneumonia. • View All Pneumonia Multimedia Files


		• Chest X-Ray • Definition of Pneumonia • Legionnaire Disease and Pontiac Fever • Pneumococcal Pneumonia • Pneumococcal Vaccination (Pneumonia Vaccination) • Pneumonia • Should You Get a Pneumonia Vaccination?


TITLE	SPECIALTY
Chlamydial Pneumonias	Pulmonology
Legionnaires Disease	Infectious Diseases
Mycoplasma Infections	Infectious Diseases
Mycoplasma Infections	Pediatrics
Nursing Home Acquired Pneumonia	Infectious Diseases
Pediatrics, Pneumonia	Emergency Medicine
Pneumococcal Infections	Infectious Diseases
Pneumonia	Pediatrics
Pneumonia, Atypical Bacterial	Radiology
Pneumonia, Bacterial	Emergency Medicine
Pneumonia, Bacterial	Pulmonology
Pneumonia, Community-Acquired	Infectious Diseases
Pneumonia, Mycoplasma	Emergency Medicine
Pneumonia, Typical Bacterial	Radiology


Aspiration Pneumonia	Radiology
Congenital Pneumonia	Pediatrics
Eosinophilic Pneumonia	Pulmonology
Hospital-Acquired Infections	Pediatrics
Nosocomial Pneumonia	Infectious Diseases
Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia	Infectious Diseases
Pneumonia, Aspiration	Emergency Medicine
Pneumonia, Aspiration	Pulmonology
Pneumonia, Empyema and Abscess	Emergency Medicine
Pneumonia, Fungal	Pulmonology
Pneumonia, Immunocompromised	Emergency Medicine
Pneumonia, Pneumocystis Carinii	Radiology
Pneumonia, Viral	Emergency Medicine
Pneumonia, Viral	Pulmonology
Pneumonia, Viral	Radiology

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