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Community-acquired pneumonia remains the leading cause of hospitalisation for infectious disease in Europe, and a major cause of morbidity and mortality. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the disease, including chapters on antibiotic therapy, microbiology, pathophysiology and prevention, along with hot topics such as viral pneumonias and pneumonia associated with inhaled corticosteroids.
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Table of contents
- Front cover
- Inside front cover
- Title page
- Blank page
- Contents
- Preface
- Blank page
- Guest editors
- Introduction
- Blank page
- Chapter 1. Epidemiology of CAP in Europe
- Chapter 2. The pneumonia triad
- Chapter 3. Microbiology of bacterial CAP using traditional and molecular techniques
- Chapter 4. The pathophysiology of pneumococcal pneumonia
- Chapter 5. Pneumonia due to Mycoplasma, Chlamydophila and Legionella
- Chapter 6. The role of viruses in CAP
- Chapter 7. Severity assessment tools in CAP
- Chapter 8. CAP phenotypes
- Chapter 9. Lower respiratory tract infections and adult CAP in primary care
- Chapter 10. CAP in children
- Chapter 11. Empirical antibiotic management of adult CAP
- Chapter 12. Antibiotic choice, route and duration: minimising the harm associated with antibiotics
- Chapter 13. Acute respiratory failure due to CAP
- Chapter 14. Early recognition and treatment of severe sepsis and septic shock in CAP
- Chapter 15. Early outcomes in CAP: clinical stability, clinical failure and nonresolving pneumonia
- Chapter 16. Non-antibiotic therapies for CAP
- Chapter 17. Inhaled corticosteroids as a cause of CAP
- Chapter 18. Macrolides as anti-inflammatory agents in CAP
- Chapter 19. Cardiovascular complications and comorbidities in CAP
- Chapter 20. Pneumococcal and influenza vaccination
- CME questions
- Other titles in the series
- Inside back cover
- Back cover