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What is
pneumonia?
www.netmedicine.com/xray/xr.htm
How do we classify pneumonia?
• Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP)
• Nosocomial/Hospital Acquired Pneumonia
• Others, HCAP, VAP
CAP
• CAP = pneumonia in person not hospitalized
or residing in a long-term care facility for 14
days
• 5 -7 days - outpatients
• 7-10 days – inpatients, S. pneumoniae
• 10-14 days – Mycoplasma, Chlamydia,
Legionella
• 14+ days - chronic steroid users