Social acquired pneumonia

Community acquired pneumonia (CAP) is caused outside the hospital by a variety of microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, chlamydia and mycoplasma. Its main clinical symptoms are cough, with or without sputum and chest pain, and it is a serious lung disease with seasonal and geographical differences that are increasingly valued by the medical community around the world.

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