title: Japanese guidelines for the management of community-acquired pneumonia.
abstract: Japanese guidelines for the management of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) were published in March 2000. The guidelines differentiate between mild-to-moderate and severe pneumonia. A distinction is also made between bacterial and 'atypical' pneumonia.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, 7-1 Sakamoto 1-Chome, Nagasaki 852, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yanagihara
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kohno
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsusima
mesh_terms: D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D011024:Pneumonia, Viral / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic