International guidelines

United Kingdom

Pneumonia in adults: diagnosis and management

Published by:National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Last published:2023

Pneumococcal: the green book, chapter 25

Published by:Public Health England

Last published:2023

Pneumonia (community-acquired): antimicrobial prescribing

Published by:National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Last published:2019

Europe

ERS/ESICM/ESCMID/ALAT guidelines for the management of severe community-acquired pneumonia

Published by:The European Society of Intensive Care Medicine

Last published:2023

Management of community-acquired pneumonia in immunocompetent adults: updated Swedish guidelines 2017

Published by:Swedish Society of Infectious Diseases

Last published:2018

New guidelines for the management of adult lower respiratory tract infections

Published by:European Respiratory Society

Last published:2011

North America

Diagnosis and management of community-acquired pneumonia: an official American Thoracic Society clinical practice guideline

Published by:American Thoracic Society

Last published:2025

Guide to utilization of the microbiology laboratory for diagnosis of infectious diseases: 2024 update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the American Society for Microbiology (ASM)

Published by:Infectious Diseases Society of America and the American Society for Microbiology

Last published:2024

ACR appropriateness criteria®: acute respiratory illness in immunocompetent patients

Published by:American College of Radiology

Last published:2024

Appropriate use of point-of-care ultrasonography in patients with acute dyspnea in emergency department or inpatient settings

Published by:American College of Physicians

Last published:2021

Nucleic acid-based testing for noninfluenza viral pathogens in adults with suspected community-acquired pneumonia

Published by:American Thoracic Society

Last published:2021

Clinical policy: critical issues in the management of adult patients presenting to the emergency department with community-acquired pneumonia

Published by:American College of Emergency Physicians

Last published:2021

Diagnosis and treatment of adults with community-acquired pneumonia

Published by:American Thoracic Society; Infectious Diseases Society of America

Last published:2019

Asia

Guideline for antibiotic use in adults with community-acquired pneumonia

Published by:The Korean Society of Infectious Diseases; Korean Society for Chemotherapy

Last published:2018

Diagnosis and treatment of community-acquired pneumonia in adults

Published by:Chinese Thoracic Society; Chinese Medical Association

Last published:2017

Latin America

2018 recommendations for the management of community acquired pneumonia

Published by:Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia (SBPT, Brazilian Thoracic Association)

Last published:2018

Africa

South African guideline for the management of community-acquired pneumonia in adults

Published by:South African Thoracic Society

Last published:2017

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