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

Authors
Sarosi, GA
Citation
Ga. Sarosi, 'Atypical pneumonia' - Why this term may be better left unsaid, POSTGR MED, 105(4), 1999, pp. 131
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine
Journal title
POSTGRADUATE MEDICINE
ISSN journal
00325481 → ACNP
Volume
105
Issue
4
Year of publication
1999
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-5481(199904)105:4<131:'P-WTT>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
I have attempted to mount an argument to rid the medical literature of the term "atypical pneumonia". It really adds nothing to diagnostic and therape utic decisions in patients with respiratory infections caused by various or ganisms.