Adult community-acquired pneumonia
Bacterial pneumonia continues to cause significant disease burden in adults, and judicious choice of therapy is essential to reduce treatment side effects and resistance.
Need to know:
Lower respiratory tract infections range from self-limiting bronchitis, which usually does not require antibiotic therapy, to pneumonia, which requires prompt diagnosis and initiation of guideline-based empirical treatment.
Pneumonia can result from infection with viruses, bacteria, and less common atypical organisms such as fungi.Â
In Australia, bacterial community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) continues to be associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality. Previous Australian data have suggested an annual overall incidence of CAP requiring hospital admission of 245 per 100,000 person years.1
