TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Pneumonia A1 - Mace, Sharon E. A2 - Tenenbein, Milton A2 - Macias, Charles G. A2 - Sharieff, Ghazala Q. A2 - Yamamoto, Loren G. A2 - Schafermeyer, Robert PY - 2019 T2 - Strange and Schafermeyer's Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 5e AB - Presenting signs and symptoms of pneumonia in infants and children may be nonspecific.The primary predictor of the etiologic agent for infectious pneumonia is the patient’s age, and empiric antibiotic therapy, if indicated, should be based on the most likely etiologic organisms.Antibiotics are not indicated for viral pneumonia. However, in previously healthy, immunized infants, children and adolescents with mild to moderate bacterial community acquired pneumonia, amoxicillin is first-line therapy. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1155296758 ER -