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Alberta Medical Association. Guideline for the diagnosis and management of community acquired pneumonia: adult. Update 2006. Available from:
http://www.topalbertadoctors.org/NR/rdonlyres/5166A911-6157-48D4-83ED-D6B1D1D906FE/0/Pneumonia_Community_Adults_guideline.pdfia_adults.pdf (Recherchedatum: 16.01.2007).
ATS 2001. American Thoracic Society. Guideline for the Management of Adults with Community-acquired Pneumonia-Diagnosis, Assessment of Severity, Antimikrobial Therapy, and Prevention. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2001; 163: 1730-1754.
http://ajrccm.atsjournals.org/cgi/reprint/163/7/1730?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&titleabstract=Guideline+for+the+Management+of+Adults+with+Community-acquired+Pneumonia-Dianos&searchid=1140004638317_1592&FIRSTINDEX=0&fdate=1/1/2001&tdate=2/28/2002&journalcode=ajrccm (Recherchedatum: 16.01.2007).
Bartlett JG, Dowell SF, Mandell LA, File TM Jr., Musher DM, Fine MJ. Practice Guidelines for the Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Adults. Guidelines from the Infectious Diseases of America. Clinical Infectious Deseases 2000; 31: 347-382.
Höffken G, Lorenz J, Kern W, Welte T, Bauer T, Dalhoff K, Dietrich E, Ewig S, Gastmeier P, Grabeln B, Halle E, Kolditz M, Marre R, Sitter H. Epidemiologie, Diagnostik, antimikrobielle Therapie und Management von erwachsenen Patienten mit ambulant erworbenen tiefen Atemwegsinfektionen (akute Bronchitis, akute Exazerbation einer chronischen Bronchitis, Influenza und andere respiratorische Virusinfektionen) sowie ambulant erworbener Pneumonie. S3-Leitlinie. AWMF online 2005.
http://www.uni-duesseldorf.de/AWMF/ll/082-001.htm (Recherchedatum: 16.01.2007).
IDSA / ATS. Mandell LA, Wunderink RG, Anzueto A, Bartlett JG, Campbell GD, Dean NC, Dowell SF, File TM Jr., Musher DM, Niederman MS, Torres A, Whitney CG., Infectious Diseases Society of America/ American Thoracic Society Consensus Guidelines on the Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Adults. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2007; 44: 27-72.
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/CID/journal/issues/v44nS2/41620/41620.html (Recherchedatum: 20.02.2007).
Mandell LA, Bartlett JG, Dowell SF, File TM Jr., Musher DM, Whitney C. Update of Practice Guidelines for the Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Immunocompetent Adults. IDSA Guidelines. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2003; 37: 1405-1433.
Weitere Publikationen:
Houck PM, Bratzler DW, Nsa W, Ma A, Bartlett JG. Antibiotic Administration in Community-Acquired Pneumonia. Chest 2004; 126: 320-321.
Meehan TP, Fine MJ, Krumholz HM, Scinto JD, Galusha DH, Mockalis JT, Weber GF, Perillo MK, Houck PM, Fine JM. Quality of Care, Process, and Outcomes in Elderly Patients With Pneumonia. JAMA 1997; 278 (23): 2080-2084.