The Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Infants and Children Older Than 3 Months of Age: Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society and the Infectious Diseases Society of America

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: Walter Orenstein, Emory University; John S. Bradley, University of California San Diego; Carrie L Byington, University of Utah; Samir S. Shah, University of Pennsylvania; Brian Alverson, Rhode Island Hospital; Edward R. Carter, Seattle Childrens Hospital; Christopher Harrison, Childrens Mercy Hospital; Sheldon L. Kaplan, Baylor College of Medicine; Sharon E. Mace, Cleveland Clinic; George H. McCracken, Univ Texas SW; Matthew R. Moore, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Shawn D. St Peter, University of Missouri; Jana Stockwell, Emory University; Jack T. Swanson, McFarland Clinic
• Language: English
• Date: 2011-10-01
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
• Publication Version: Final Published Version
• Copyright Statement: Copyright © The Author 2011. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please e-mail: [e-mail].
• Final Published Version (URL): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cir531
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: Clinical Infectious Disease
• Volume: 53
• Issue: 7
• Start Page: E25
• End Page: E76
• Grant/Funding Information: This work was supported by the IDSA.
• Keywords: Life Sciences & Biomedicine; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION-RATE; POLYMERASE-CHAIN-REACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED-TRIAL; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; Science & Technology; Microbiology; ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY; INVASIVE PNEUMOCOCCAL DISEASE; Infectious Diseases; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; Immunology; LABORATORY-CONFIRMED INFLUENZA; RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS
• Research Categories: Biology, Microbiology

Abstract

Evidenced-based guidelines for management of infants and children with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) were prepared by an expert panel comprising clinicians and investigators representing community pediatrics, public health, and the pediatric specialties of critical care, emergency medicine, hospital medicine, infectious diseases, pulmonology, and surgery. These guidelines are intended for use by primary care and subspecialty providers responsible for the management of otherwise healthy infants and children with CAP in both outpatient and inpatient settings. Site-of-care management, diagnosis, antimicrobial and adjunctive surgical therapy, and prevention are discussed. Areas that warrant future investigations are also highlighted. © 2011 The Author.