Canadian Guidelines for the Initial Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia: An Evidence-Based Update by the Canadian Infectious Diseases Society and the Canadian Thoracic Society

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Lionel A Mandell MD FRCPC1, Thomas J Marrie MD FRCPC2, Ronald F Grossman MD FRCPC FACP3, Anthony W Chow MD FRCPC FACP4, Robert H Hyland MD FRCPC5, and the Canadian CAP Working Group* McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario; Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia; QEII Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia; University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia; St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario