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Healthcare-associated pneumonia: Diagnostic criteria and distinction from community-acquired pneumonia

Author(s) -

Marco Falcone,

Mario Venditti,

Yuichiro Shindo,

Marin H. Kollef

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

international journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278

H-Index - 89

eISSN - 1878-3511

pISSN - 1201-9712

DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2011.04.005

Subject(s) - pneumonia , medicine , intensive care medicine , etiology , antibiotics , community acquired pneumonia , bacterial pneumonia , epidemiology , empiric therapy , health care , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , economic growth , economics

Traditionally, pneumonia developing in patients who receive healthcare services in the outpatient environment has been classified as community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). However, recent investigations suggest that this type of infection, known as healthcare-associated pneumonia (HCAP), is distinct from CAP in terms of its epidemiology, etiology, and risk for infection with multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogens.

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