[Viral pneumonia in immunocompetent adults].

In this review, we discuss viral pneumonias in an overall setting. Viruses are involved in about a quarter of all pneumonias, but despite literature in the past couple of decades emphasising this, the clinical effect remains elusive, and almost all hospitalised patients with pneumonia are treated with antibiotics. Thus, improved diagnostic methods and further research on the subject have the potential to benefit the overall treatment of patients with pneumonia, decrease antibiotic overconsumption and accelerate development of new antiviral therapeutics.

Keywords

Adult, Pneumonia, Viral, Humans, Pneumonia, Antiviral Agents, Anti-Bacterial Agents

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