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How long is community aquired pneumonia contagious?
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Depends..: Many causes of community acquired pneumonias are not truly transmissible from person to person but rather normal flora in the normal person. Many respiratory pathogens that do spread do not however necessarily cause pneumonia in the recipient.
Answered 7/26/2019
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