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Pneumonia in immunocompromised patients

• Treating Opportunistic Infections among HIV-Infected Adults and Adolescents: Recommendations from CDC, the National Institutes of Health, and the HIV Medicine Association/Infectious Diseases Society of America

• Dosage adjustment for patients receiving anti-retrovirals and rifabutin

Prevention of healthcare-acquired pneumonia

• Guidelines for Preventing Health-Care--Associated Pneumonia, 2003. Recommendations of CDC and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee

Influenza vaccination

• Influenza Vaccination of Health-Care Personnel. Recommendations of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) and the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)

Tuberculosis

• Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Health-Care Settings, 2005 (from CDC)

• Tuberculosis. Clinical diagnosis and management of tuberculosis, and measures for its prevention and control. (from Royal College of Physicians, London)

Nosocomial pneumonia

• American Thoracic Society and Infectious Diseases Society of America. Guidelines for the management of adults with hospital-acquired, ventilator-associated, and healthcare associated pneumonia. Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 2005; 171:388-416

Community acquired pneumonia

• Infectious Diseases Society of America/American Thoracic Society. Consensus guidelines on the management of community-acquired pneumonia in  adults. Clin Infect Dis, 2007;44:S27-72
• European Respiratory Society, and European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. Guidelines for the management of adult lower respiratory tract infections. Eur.Respir.J 26 (6):1138-1180, 2005

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