Pneumonia is an inflammation of the lungs that is often caused by an infection. Common symptoms include fever, cough, chest pain, and shortness of breath. Chest x-rays are used to confirm pneumonia. There are several types including community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), which occurs outside of hospitals, and hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), which occur in hospital patients. Initial treatment depends on severity and risk factors, and may involve antibiotics alone or in combination to treat common causative organisms like streptococcus pneumoniae, staphylococcus aureus, and pseudomonas aeruginosa. Guidelines provide scoring systems and recommendations for empiric antibiotic therapy based on the type and severity