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ABSTRACT
Community acquired pneumonia is still an important health problem. In Spain the year
incidence is 162 cases per 100,000 inhabitants with 53,000 hospital admission costing 115
millions of euros per year. In the last years there have been significant advances in the
knowledge of: aetiology, diagnostic tools, treatment alternatives and antibiotic resistance.
The Spanish Societies of Intensive and Critical Care (SEMICYUC), Infectious Diseases and
Clinical Microbiology (SEIMC) and Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery (SEPAR) have
produced these evidence-based Guidelines for the management of community acquired
pneumonia in Adults. The main objective is to help physicians to make decisions about this
disease. The different points that have been developed are: aetiology, diagnosis, treatment
and prevention.
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