Summary for Clinicians: Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Community-acquired Pneumonia

Target Audience

Pulmonologists, critical care specialists, translational researchers, and clinicians

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, learners should be able to:

  • Identify which adult patients with CAP and positive respiratory virus testing require empiric antibacterial therapy.
  • Determine evidence based antibiotic durations in patients with CAP who have reached clinical stability according to illness severity and setting.
  • Identify which patients with CAP benefit from systematic corticosteroids.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™

    The American Thoracic Society designates this Journal-based CME activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 1.00 Participation
Publication Date: 
06/29/2026
Credit Expires: 
07/01/2028
Cost:
$25.00
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Accreditation Statement

The American Thoracic Society is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Disclosure Declaration

Article Authorship Disclosures (as submitted to the ATS prior to article publication date)

Ioannis Konstantinidis, M.D., M.S., (Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA) reported support for this manuscript: NHLBI 5 K08HL169023.

Julio A. Ramirez M.D., (Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA) reported a grant from Pfizer to investigate the effectiveness of pneumococcal vaccine. Additionally, Dr, Ramirez is the President of the International Respiratory Infectious Society.

All other authors reported no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.

AJRCCM CME Planners 

Margaret M. Hayes, M.D., (Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA) reported receiving payments as an author for a chapter on heliox for UpToDate.

Caroline Okorie, M.D., M.P.H., (Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA) reported no financial relationships with ineligible companies.

Off-Label Usage Disclosure

None

All relevant financial relationships have been reviewed and mitigated.

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Available Credit

  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™

    The American Thoracic Society designates this Journal-based CME activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 1.00 Participation

Price

Cost:
$25.00
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