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Diagnosis testing and response

Here is the list of recommended tests for severe community acquired pneumonia:

*Diagnosis of severe community-acquired pneumonia.*^[1]
Tests	Recommendation
▸ Blood culture	▸ Strong recommendation if patient is hypotensive or transferred to ICU
▸ Respiratory tract culture	▸ Strong recommendation if tracheal aspirate or bronchio-alveolar lavage aspirate in an intubated patient or cough in an intubated patient
▸ Influenza testing during influenza season	▸ Strongly recommended
▸ Test for Urinary Pneumococcal antigen	▸ Strongly recommended
▸ Test for Urinary Legionella antigen	▸ *Strongly recommended*
▸ Pleural fluid culture	▸ *Strongly recommended*

↑ Wunderink, RG.; Waterer, GW. (2014). "Clinical practice. Community-acquired pneumonia". N Engl J Med. 370 (6): 543–51. doi:10.1056/NEJMcp1214869. PMID 24499212. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)