The present guideline provides a new and updated concept of treatment and prevention of adult patients with community-acquired pneumonia. It replaces the previous guideline dating from 2009.The guideline was worked out and agreed on following the standards of methodology of a S3-guideline. This includes a systematic literature search and grading, a structured discussion of recommendations supported by the literature as well as the declaration and assessment of potential conflicts of interests.The guideline has a focus on specific clinical circumstances, an update on severity assessment, and includes recommendations for an individualized selection of antimicrobial treatment as well as primary and secondary prevention.
- Ewig, S.
- Hoffken, G.
- Kern, W. V.
- Rohde, G.
- Flick, H.
- Krause, R.
- Ott, S.
- Bauer, T.
- Dalhoff, K.
- Gatermann, S.
- Kolditz, M.
- Kruger, S.
- Lorenz, J.
- Pletz, M.
- de Roux, A.
- Schaaf, B.
- Schaberg, T.
- Schutte, H.
- Welte, T.
Keywords
- Adult
- Anti-Bacterial Agents/*administration & dosage
- Community-Acquired Infections/diagnosis/*drug therapy/prevention & control
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Evidence-Based Medicine
- Female
- Germany
- Humans
- Male
- Pneumonia, Bacterial/diagnosis/*drug therapy/prevention & control
- *Practice Guidelines as Topic
- Pulmonary Medicine/*standards
- Treatment Outcome
