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Pneumonia atípica

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Last reviewed: 1 Oct 2025
Last updated: 10 Sep 2024

Summary

Definition

History and exam

Key diagnostic factors

  • presença de fatores de risco
  • idade <50 anos
  • tosse persistente
  • tosse seca
  • longa duração dos sintomas
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Other diagnostic factors

  • exposição recente na comunidade
  • comprometimento da garganta
  • febre
  • cefaleia
  • diarreia
  • miringite bolhosa
  • estertores/crepitações pulmonares
  • erupção cutânea
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Risk factors

  • cenários comunitários de contato próximo
  • imunossupressão
  • tabagismo
  • doença pulmonar crônica
  • viagens
  • sexo masculino
  • medicamentos imunomoduladores
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Diagnostic tests

1st tests to order

  • saturação de oxigênio no ar
  • contagem leucocitária
  • hemoglobina
  • Testes da função hepática
  • nível de ureia sérica
  • reação em cadeia da polimerase via transcriptase reversa (RT-PCR) em tempo real para SARS-CoV-2.
  • radiografia torácica
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Tests to consider

  • antígeno urinário de Legionella
  • cultura de escarro
  • diagnóstico molecular de Mycoplasma pneumoniae ou Chlamydophila pneumoniae
  • reação em cadeia da polimerase nasofaríngea
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Treatment algorithm

ACUTE

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Contributors

Authors

Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, SFHM, FACP

Professor of Medicine

Department of Medicine

Division of General Internal Medicine

Emory University School of Medicine

GA

Disclosures

LDF is a Gen Medicine/Point of Care Editorial Board Member for ClinicalKey.

Peer reviewers

Mark Woodhead, BSc, DM, FRCP

Honorary Senior Lecturer (University of Manchester)

Consultant in General & Respiratory Medicine

Department of Respiratory Medicine

Manchester Royal Infirmary

Manchester

UK

Declarações

MW is an author of a reference cited in this topic.

Ethan Rubinstein, MD

H.E. Sellers Research Chair in Infectious Diseases

Head

Section of Adult Infectious Diseases

Department of Internal Medicine

Department of Medical Microbiology

University of Manitoba

Winnipeg

Canada

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At the time of the peer review, Professor Rubinstein declared no competing interests. We were made aware that Professor Rubinstein is now deceased.

George L. Anesi, MD, MSCE, MBE

Assistant Professor

Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care

Perelman School of Medicine

University of Pennsylvania

PA

Раскрытие информации

GLA receives research funding from the National Institutes of Health (K23HL161353), the CDC Foundation, the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), and the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine Thomas B. McCabe and Jeannette E. Laws McCabe Fund. GLA reports payments for authoring chapters for UpToDate and for expert witness consulting, including involving COVID-19, and reports that his spouse is employed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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Основные статьи

Metlay JP, Waterer GW, Long AC, et al. Diagnosis and treatment of adults with community-acquired pneumonia. An official clinical practice guideline of the American Thoracic Society and Infectious Diseases Society of America. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2019 Oct 1;200(7):e45-67.Полный текст  Аннотация

Lim WS, Baudouin SV, George RC, et al; Pneumonia Guidelines Committee of the BTS Standards of Care Committee. BTS guidelines for the management of community acquired pneumonia in adults: update 2009. Thorax. 2009 Oct;64 Suppl 3:iii1-55.Полный текст  Аннотация

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