PulmCCM - Mar 08, 2014
"Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is “ordinary” pneumonia, usually (but not always) caused by one of a short list of pathogens susceptible to common antibiotics. Pneumonia remains one of the main reasons for hospital admissions, and causes an estimated 3.5 million deaths yearly, including more than 50,000 in the U.S. Catching pneumonia also increases the risk for early death down the road, even in previously healthy young people. Richard Wunderlink and Grant Waterer’s review in the February 6 2014 New England Journal of Medicine brings us up to speed on the latest in diagnosis and treatment of community-acquired pneumonia."
http://pulmccm.org/main/2014/review-articles/community-acquired-pneumonia-review-nejm/