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Pneumonia has been recognized as a common and potentially lethal condition for nearly two centuries. Comprehensive studies of the disease in the pre-antibiotic era showed mortality rates of about 1 per 1000 per year; over 80 percent of the cases were due to Streptococcus pneumoniae, and mortality rates were generally reported at 20 to 40 percent.^1,2 Community-acquired pneumonia (as distinguished from that acquired nosocomially or in a nursing home) continues to be a common and serious illness. Current estimates for the United States are 4 million cases annually, an attack rate of 12 per 1000 adults per year, about 600,000 . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Clinical Diagnosis

Evaluation

Chest Radiography

Identification of Pathogens

Assessment of Severity

Parapneumonic Effusions

Microbial Pathogens

Treatment

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From the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore.

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References

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Community-Acquired Pneumonia
Mandell L. A., Niederman M. S., Boersma W. G., Holloway Y., Halm E. A., Metlay J. P., Singer D. E., Fine M. J., Bartlett J. G.
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