Lower respiratory tract infections are still the world’s most fatal communicable disease. Community acquired pneumonia specifically is one of the most common infections managed by clinicians in daily practice.

On this episode of Microbe Mail, host Dr Vindana Chibabhai speaks to Pulmonologist, Dr Erica Shaddock about diagnosing and managing CAP.

About our Guest: Erica Shaddock is a specialist Pulmonologist Pulmonologist at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital since 2009. Her special interests include COPD, Pneumonia , PCP and Covid-19. She is currently registered for her PhD focussing in the immune response and modulation in Pneumocystis pneumonia patients . She has been an integral member of the Covid-19 team at the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital. She is also a senior lecturer in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of the Witwatersrand.

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South African  Community Acquired pneumonia guidelines here

Access “Gender differences in community acquired pneumonia” article here