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Pneumonia treatment varies widely according to a number of factors such as the type of infection, age and physical condition of the patient, complications and accompanying conditions, etc. Viral pneumonia has no known medical cure other than rest and symptomatic treatment such as cough suppressants. The rare varicella virus pneumonia can be treated with the antiviral medication acyclovir. Most pneumonia cases are caused by bacteria, and the initial treatment is usually a broad-spectrum antibiotic such as a macrolide, tetracycline or fluoroclinolone. In general, pneumonia has an extremely high cure rate with most antibiotics. If your doctor finds it necessary to hospitalize you, you might be treated with a cephalosporin, penicillin or vancomycin antibiotic.

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