community-acquired pneumonia
Medical term for pneumonia contracted outside a hospital or healthcare setting. Contrasts with 院内肺炎 (hospital-acquired pneumonia).
Community-acquired pneumonia in the elderly can sometimes become severe.
These guidelines summarize the diagnosis and treatment of community-acquired pneumonia in adults.
Hospital-acquired pneumonia, contracted during a hospital stay. 市中肺炎 is its counterpart for infections acquired in the community.
Compound of 市中 (community, in town) and 肺炎 (pneumonia). A modern medical term calqued from English 'community-acquired pneumonia'.