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Existe uma divergência quanto aos guidelines americanos e britânicos. Essa questão parece seguir os guidelines do Velho Mundo.
North American and British guidelines differ in their recommendations for first-line therapy for outpatient pneumonia. British guidelines promote amoxicillin and place less significance on atypical pathogens. North American guidelines from 2007 advocate treating both atypical pathogens and pneumococcus and suggest macrolides or doxycycline when antibiotic resistance is not anticipated.
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