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HAPM-MAnswerMnosocomial
VAPM-MAnswerM48-72MhoursMafterMintubation
CAPM-MAnswerMcommunityMacquiredMpneumonia
acuteMinflammationMofMpulmonaryMparenchymaMacquiredMinMcommunity
CAPMantibioticsM-MAnswerMMacrlidesM(Zpack)
CephalsporinsM(rocephin/cefepime,MzosynMforMbroad)
FluroquinolonesM(levaquin/moxifloxacin)-poMandMiV
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NHMorMLTF
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addMflagylMforMpossibleMaspiration
G+CMforMPNAM-MAnswerMStrepMpneumoniaeM(COPD)
StrepMpyogenesM(GroupMA)
StrepMagalactiaeM(groupMB)
S.MAureus
G+RMforMPNAM-MAnswerMbacillusManthracisM
,nocardiaMsp.M(chronicMPNAM)
G-CMforMPNAM-MAnswerMNieressaMMenigits
G-RMforMPNAM-MAnswerMklebsillaMpneumoniaeM
e.coliM
pseudomonaMaeroginosaM(COPDMandMCF)
AnaerobesMforMPNAM-MAnswerMAcintebactorMSp.M
BurkholderiaMpseudomallei
hemophillisMinfluenzaM(COPD)
BordetellaMpertususM-WhoopingM
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serratiaMsp.
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legionellaMpneumophiliaM
mycloplasmaMpneumoniaM
chlamydiaMtracematisM
chlamydiaMpneumonia
RiskMfactorsMforMPNA-M1M-
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GERD,Mseizures
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hemoptosisM
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abdominalMpainMfromMpluritis
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antibioticsM
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PPSV23-M>65MorMsmokersM19-64
CausesMofMPluralMEffusionM-MAnswerMCHF
PNA
liverMdisease
ESRD
nephroticMsyndrome