During this episode of the SOS AMS podcast, Julia and Nicki dive into  the diagnosis and management of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). They discuss the pathogenesis, microbiology, and treatment of CAP, with a brief discussion of the role of atypical pathogens. Our hosts then apply principles discussed to a patient case, going from differential diagnosis to management. Check out the clinical decision-making matrix for a summary of our top 3 differential diagnoses, as well as the relevant references at the hyperlinks provided.

The learning objectives for this podcast are as follows:

1. Identify the mechanism by which patients become infected with community acquired pneumonia (CAP)


2. Discuss selection of empiric therapy of CAP in the context of commonly implicated pathogens


3. Describe clinical features suggestive that empiric coverage of atypical pathogens would be necessary


4. Apply knowledge of CAP to a patient case

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