International guidelines

United Kingdom

Pneumonia: diagnosis and management

Published by:National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Last published:2025

Annotated edition (2015) of the BTS Guideline for the management of CAP in adults (2009)

Published by:British Thoracic Society

Last published:2015

BTS guidelines for the management of community acquired pneumonia in adults

Published by:British Thoracic Society

Last published:2009

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

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

American College of Radiology (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

The JRS guideline for the management of pneumonia in adults 2024

Published by:The Japanese Respiratory Society

Last published:2024

Guideline for antibiotic use in adults with community-acquired pneumonia

Published by: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

Africa

Guideline for management of community-acquired pneumonia in adults

Published by:South African Thoracic Society

Last published:2017

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