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CURB-65 Score for Pneumonia Severity - MDCalc

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Community Acquired Pneumonia - teachIM

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Pneumonia | Treatment and Prevention

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Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Adults: Diagnosis and Management (aafp.org)

Diagnosis and Treatment of Adults with Community-acquired Pneumonia. An Official Clinical Practice Guideline of the American Thoracic Society and Infectious Diseases Society of America | American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (atsjournals.org)

UPMC System P&T Committee Adult CAP Treatment Guidance

Things We Do for No Reason – Ordering Streptococcus pneumoniae Urinary Antigen in Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia

• PUATs are common in the CAP diagnostic workup. However, the poor test characteristics and limited impact on antibiotic management renders them of low clinical utility.

References

Metlay JP, Waterer GW, Long AC, et al. Diagnosis and Treatment of Adults with Community-acquired Pneumonia. An Official Clinical Practice Guideline of the American Thoracic Society and Infectious Diseases Society of America. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2019;200(7):e45-e67. doi:10.1164/rccm.201908-1581ST