Time to End Community Acquired as an Adjectival Diagnosis for Pneumonia—Reply

In Reply We appreciate the interest in our article comparing a shorter and a longer course of antibiotic therapy for nonsevere community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in children. First, Weinberger suggests replacing community acquired with viral or bacterial as the adjectival phrase for pediatric pneumonia. Our systematic review included children who met the diagnostic criteria for CAP. The included studies did not provide information on the etiologic pathogens of these patients, nor did they diagnose patients with bacterial or viral pneumonia. As a result, we can only define the study population as having CAP based on the available data. This issue was addressed in the article’s Discussion section.