'Atypical pneumonia': Why this term may be better left unsaid

George A. Sarosi

doi:10.3810/pgm.1999.04.670

'Atypical pneumonia': Why this term may be better left unsaid

George A. Sarosi

Medicine - Veteran's Administration Medical Center

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I have attempted to mount an argument to rid the medical literature of the term 'atypical pneumonia.' It really adds nothing to diagnostic and therapeutic decisions in patients with respiratory infections caused by various organisms.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	131-138
Number of pages	8
Journal	Postgraduate medicine
Volume	105
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3810/pgm.1999.04.670
State	Published - Jan 1 1999

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