Community acquired pneumonia ( CAP )

Pneumonia is an infection of the pulmonary parenchyma caused by various organisms. The book also states that pneumonia is not a single disease but a group of specific infections , each with a different epidemiology , pathogenesis , presentation and clinical course ( Harrison's textbook of medicine )Our discussion here is focused on community-acquired pneumonia ( CAP )

How common -Community acquired pneumonia (CAP ) causes great mortality and morbidity and high costs worldwide ( Lancet 2015 ) WHO reports that pneumonia accounts for 15 % of all deaths of children under 5 killing 808 694 children in 2017( Pneumonia remains the single largest infectious cause of death in children worldwide ) WHO data from 2015 shows that 3.2 million of the 56.4 million deaths in 2015 were caused by LRTIs making them the most deadly communicable disease and 3rd largest cause of mortality It is well known that CAP remains the main cause of death from infectious disease globally Streptococcus pneumoniae ( pneumococcus ) is the most frequent causative pathogen of CAP regardless of setting The Global disease study 2015 stated that LRTIs are the 3rd most common cause of death globally after IHD and Cerebrovascular disease NICE reports...