Pneumonia

Diagnosis and management of community-acquired pneumonia.

Reviewed by Dr Kola Tytler MBBS CertHE MBA MRCGP (General Practitioner)

Last reviewed: 21 October 2025

Clinical Guidelines

BTS: Guidelines for the Management of Community Acquired Pneumonia in Adults

NICE guideline [CG191]: Pneumonia in adults: diagnosis and management

NICE guideline [NG138]: Community-acquired pneumonia: antimicrobial prescribing

NICE guideline [NG139]: Pneumonia (hospital-acquired): antimicrobial prescribing

NICE: Pneumonia (community-acquired): antimicrobial prescribing

NICE: Pneumonia in adults: diagnosis and management

ATS/IDSA Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of Adults with Community-acquired Pneumonia

Diagnosis and Management of Community-acquired Pneumonia. An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline

Diagnosis and Treatment of Adults with Community-acquired Pneumonia. An Official ATS/IDSA Clinical Practice Guideline

ERS/ESICM/ESCMID/ALAT guidelines for the management of severe community-acquired pneumonia

Infectious Diseases Society of America/American Thoracic Society Consensus Guidelines on the Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Adults

Management and Prevention Guidelines | Pneumonia | CDC

Management of Adults With Hospital-acquired and Ventilator-associated Pneumonia: 2016 Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the American Thoracic Society

Pneumocystis Pneumonia: Adult and Adolescent OIs | NIH

Pneumonia in adults: diagnosis and management (NICE guideline NG138)

Practice Guidelines for the Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Adults