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Clin Infect Dis. 1998 Apr;26(4):811-38.
Community-acquired pneumonia in adults:
guidelines for management. The Infectious Diseases Society of
America.
Bartlett JG, Breiman RF, Mandell LA, File
TM Jr.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore,
Maryland, USA.
This is part of the series of practice
guidelines commissioned by the Infectious Diseases Society of
America through its Practice Guidelines Committee. The purpose
of this guideline is to provide assistance to clinicians in the
diagnosis and treatment of community-acquired pneumonia. The
targeted providers are internists and family practitioners. The
targeted groups are immunocompetent adult patients. Criteria are
specified for determining whether the inpatient or outpatient
setting is appropriate for treatment. Differences from other
guidelines written on this topic include use of laboratory
criteria for diagnosis and approach to antimicrobial therapy.
Panel members and consultants are experts in adult infectious
diseases. The guidelines are evidence based where possible. A
standard ranking system is used for the strength of the
recommendations and the quality of the evidence cited in the
literature reviewed. The document has been subjected to external
review by peer reviewers as well as by the Practice Guidelines
Committee and was approved by the IDSA Council. An executive
summary and tables highlight the major recommendations. The
guidelines will be listed on the IDSA home page at http://www.idsociety.org.
Publication Types: Guideline Practice
Guideline
PMID: 9564457 [PubMed - indexed for
MEDLINE]
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