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Infection of the lungs in a patient who is not hospitalized or who has not resided in a long-term care facility for 14 days prior to the onset of symptoms. It is associated with some signs and symptoms of acute infection and is accompanied by the presence of an acute infiltrate on chest radiograph.(US Pharm. 2007;32(10):44-5 https://www.uspharmacist.com/article/community-acquired-pneumonia)
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- Community Acquired Pneumonia
- Community-Acquired Pneumonias
- Pneumonia, Community-Acquired
- Pneumonias, Community-Acquired
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2025
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- Community-Acquired Infections (1992-2024)
- Pneumonia (1981-2024)
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- National Library of Medicine. Community-Acquired Pneumonia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000098968. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000098968
- Community-Acquired Pneumonia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community-acquired_pneumonia
- Community-Acquired Pneumonia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q460030