Update on Community-Acquired Pneumonia.

Publication: American Family Physician

Publication Date: 15-AUG-01

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COPYRIGHT 2001 American Academy of Family Physicians

(Great Britain--The Practitioner, February 2001, p. 108.) British studies estimate the incidence of community-acquired pneumonia to be between five and 10 per 1,000 population. Among patients consulting a family physician because of an acute respiratory problem, approximately one in 10 has pneumonia and up to 40 percent of these...

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