Table 1

Risk categories for community-acquired pneumonia included in the review

Immunocompetent at riskImmunocompromised at risk

  • ▸ Age

  • ▸ Lifestyle

    • ▸ Alcoholism

    • ▸ Smoking

  • ▸ Underlying diseases

    • ▸ Chronic heart disease

    • ▸ Chronic renal disease

    • ▸ Chronic liver disease

    • ▸ Chronic respiratory disease

    • ▸ Metabolic disease

    • ▸ CNS disease

  • ▸ Prior IPD

  • ▸ Previous pneumonia

  • ▸ Other

    • ▸ Aspiration

    • ▸ Concomitant treatment

  • ▸ Immunosuppression

    • – Autoimmune diseases receiving steroid or immunosuppressive therapy or biological therapy

    • ▸ Cancer with immunosuppressive treatment

    • ▸ Waiting list for solid-organ transplantation (with or without immunosuppressive treatment)

    • ▸ Other immunosuppression

  • ▸ Immunocompromised

    • ▸ Asplenia/splenic dysfunction

    • ▸ Primary immunodeficiencies

  • ▸ HIV

  • CNS, central nervous system; IPD invasive pneumococcal disease.