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2014 Feb – Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Wunderink RG, Waterer GW.; N Engl J Med. 2014 Feb 6;370(6):543-51.

Treatment of community-acquired pneumonia typically involves either a respiratory fluoroquinolone or a combination of cephalosporin and a macrolide. Initial broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy should be targeted to patients selected according to risk factors or existing disease.

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