title: 'Atypical pneumonia'. Why this term may be better left unsaid.
abstract: I have attempted to mount an argument to rid the medical literature of the term "atypical pneumonia." It really adds nothing to diagnostic and therapeutic decisions in patients with respiratory infections caused by various organisms.
authors.affiliation: Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, USA. george.sarosi@med.va.gov
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Sarosi
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007877:Legionnaires' Disease / Q000175:diagnosis; D011019:Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D011859:Radiography; D009626:Terminology as Topic