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According to Polish recommendations:
1) the first-line course of action in the case of pneumonia in a 3-week-old child is careful observation without antibiotic therapy;
2) a mild-course community-acquired pneumonia in children between 4 months and 5 years of age may not be treated with antibiotics as most infections are viral;
3) Listeria monocytogenes is responsible for most cases of pneumonia in children above 5 years of age;
4) viral pneumonia cannot be distinguished from bacterial pneumonia by means of a radiological examination;
5) macrolides should be used as drugs of first choice in the treatment of pneumonia in children above 5 years of age with type I hypersensitivity to penicillin.
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