RT Book, Section A1 Mace, Sharon E. A2 Tenenbein, Milton A2 Macias, Charles G. A2 Sharieff, Ghazala Q. A2 Yamamoto, Loren G. A2 Schafermeyer, Robert SR Print(0) ID 1155296758 T1 Pneumonia T2 Strange and Schafermeyer's Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 5e YR 2019 FD 2019 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9781259860751 LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1155296758 RD 2024/10/06 AB Presenting signs and symptoms of pneumonia in infants and children may be nonspecific.The primary predictor of the etiologic agent for infectious pneumonia is the patient’s age, and empiric antibiotic therapy, if indicated, should be based on the most likely etiologic organisms.Antibiotics are not indicated for viral pneumonia. However, in previously healthy, immunized infants, children and adolescents with mild to moderate bacterial community acquired pneumonia, amoxicillin is first-line therapy.