Managing community-acquired pneumonia during flu season

Cleve Clin J Med. 2012 Jan;79(1):67-78. doi: 10.3949/ccjm.79a.11108.

Abstract

The clinical findings of influenza overlap those of community-acquired bacterial pneumonia (CABP), and influenza infection can be complicated by bacterial infections. Reviewed here are the epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) with special emphasis on considerations during influenza season.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Community-Acquired Infections / drug therapy
  • Community-Acquired Infections / epidemiology
  • Community-Acquired Infections / prevention & control*
  • Humans
  • Influenza, Human / complications
  • Influenza, Human / epidemiology*
  • Pneumonia, Bacterial / drug therapy
  • Pneumonia, Bacterial / epidemiology
  • Pneumonia, Bacterial / prevention & control*
  • Public Health
  • Risk Assessment
  • United States / epidemiology