Table 1.

Summary of Community Acquired Pneumonia

Epidemiology	Incidence of 14 cases/1,000 person-years*
Clinical presentation and evaluation	Tachypnea, dyspnea, bronchospasm
	Failure to thrive, malaise, delirium
	Fever, cough, purulent sputum
	+/− infiltrate on chest x-ray
	Leukocytosis
Risk factors	Age
	Influenza infection
	Comorbid conditions
Treatment	Antibiotics according to IDSA/ATS guidelines
Determinants of outcome and health-related quality of life	Severity of acute infection\
	Comorbidities
	Functional status prior to disease
	Possible link between male gender and mortality

Notes: ATS = American Thoracic Society ; IDSA = Infectious Diseases Society of America.

^*Incidence doubled in nursing home residents.