• Thumbnail for Pneumonia
    Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung primarily affecting the small air sacs known as alveoli. Symptoms typically include some combination...
    120 KB (12,708 words) - 18:58, 21 April 2024
  • Atypical pneumonia, also known as walking pneumonia, is any type of pneumonia not caused by one of the pathogens most commonly associated with the disease...
    12 KB (1,224 words) - 01:05, 31 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Lobar pneumonia
    Lobar pneumonia is a form of pneumonia characterized by inflammatory exudate within the intra-alveolar space resulting in consolidation that affects a...
    7 KB (720 words) - 01:48, 14 May 2022
  • Thumbnail for Pneumocystis pneumonia
    Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP), also known as Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP), is a form of pneumonia that is caused by the yeast-like fungus Pneumocystis...
    26 KB (2,682 words) - 03:07, 22 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Aspiration pneumonia
    Aspiration pneumonia is a type of lung infection that is due to a relatively large amount of material from the stomach or mouth entering the lungs. Signs...
    33 KB (3,786 words) - 17:15, 13 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for COVID-19
    COVID-19 (redirect from Wuhan pneumonia)
    as patients, most (81%) develop mild to moderate symptoms (up to mild pneumonia), while 14% develop severe symptoms (dyspnea, hypoxia, or more than 50%...
    285 KB (32,672 words) - 14:17, 28 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Bronchopneumonia
    Bronchopneumonia is a subtype of pneumonia. It is the acute inflammation of the bronchi, accompanied by inflamed patches in the nearby lobules of the...
    5 KB (409 words) - 18:15, 21 October 2023
  • Thumbnail for Dust pneumonia
    form of pneumonia, dust pneumonia results when the lungs are filled with dust, inflaming the alveoli. [citation needed] Symptoms of dust pneumonia include...
    3 KB (249 words) - 19:06, 10 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Classification of pneumonia
    Pneumonia can be classified in several ways, most commonly by where it was acquired (hospital versus community), but may also by the area of lung affected...
    19 KB (2,094 words) - 05:13, 18 January 2024
  • up pneumonia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung in humans. This may also refer to: Pneumonia (non-human)...
    430 bytes (85 words) - 06:07, 3 February 2021
  • In alphabetical order, this is a list of famous people who died of pneumonia. Lamming, Douglas (1987). A Scottish Soccer Internationalists Who's Who,...
    25 KB (124 words) - 23:15, 29 August 2023
  • Viral pneumonia is a pneumonia caused by a virus. Pneumonia is an infection that causes inflammation in one or both of the lungs. The pulmonary alveoli...
    13 KB (1,380 words) - 19:30, 5 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Bacterial pneumonia
    Bacterial pneumonia is a type of pneumonia caused by bacterial infection. Streptococcus pneumoniae (J13) is the most common bacterial cause of pneumonia in all...
    11 KB (1,097 words) - 02:44, 16 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Fungal pneumonia
    Fungal pneumonia is an infection of the lungs by fungi. It can be caused by either endemic or opportunistic fungi or a combination of both. Case mortality...
    6 KB (618 words) - 20:13, 25 August 2022
  • Thumbnail for COVID-19 pandemic
    "Wuhan coronavirus outbreak", with the disease sometimes called "Wuhan pneumonia". In January 2020, the WHO recommended 2019-nCoV and 2019-nCoV acute respiratory...
    372 KB (32,320 words) - 14:17, 28 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Interstitial lung disease
    eosinophilic pneumonia Acute interstitial pneumonia Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia Chronic: Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia Lymphoproliferative...
    25 KB (2,398 words) - 20:57, 28 April 2024
  • human pathogen that causes the disease mycoplasma pneumonia, a form of atypical bacterial pneumonia related to cold agglutinin disease. M. pneumoniae...
    37 KB (4,014 words) - 22:19, 18 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Chickenpox
    usually last five to seven days. Complications may occasionally include pneumonia, inflammation of the brain, and bacterial skin infections. The disease...
    60 KB (6,236 words) - 17:46, 18 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Pneumonia front
    A pneumonia front is a rare meteorological phenomenon observed in coastal areas of Lake Michigan during spring and early summer. These fronts are defined...
    12 KB (739 words) - 03:29, 21 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Chlamydia pneumoniae
    obligate intracellular bacterium that infects humans and is a major cause of pneumonia. It was known as the Taiwan acute respiratory agent (TWAR) from the names...
    21 KB (2,383 words) - 04:40, 22 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Klebsiella pneumoniae
    the pneumonia seen especially in immunocompromised individuals such as people with chronic diseases or alcoholics. Community-acquired pneumonia caused...
    42 KB (4,195 words) - 16:23, 29 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Lipid pneumonia
    Lipoid pneumonia is a specific form of lung inflammation (pneumonia) that develops when lipids enter the bronchial tree. The disorder is sometimes called...
    9 KB (830 words) - 06:32, 19 September 2023
  • Pneumococcal pneumonia is a type of bacterial pneumonia that is caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus). It is the most common bacterial pneumonia found...
    15 KB (1,667 words) - 03:30, 26 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Measles
    Measles (redirect from Giant cell pneumonia)
    complications include diarrhea (in 8% of cases), middle ear infection (7%), and pneumonia (6%). These occur in part due to measles-induced immunosuppression. Less...
    134 KB (12,191 words) - 11:43, 24 March 2024
  • Mycoplasma pneumonia is a form of bacterial pneumonia caused by the bacterium Mycoplasma pneumoniae. M. pneumoniae is known to cause a host of symptoms...
    18 KB (1,963 words) - 01:37, 16 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Hospital-acquired pneumonia
    Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) or nosocomial pneumonia refers to any pneumonia contracted by a patient in a hospital at least 48–72 hours after being...
    28 KB (3,287 words) - 11:40, 28 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Pleuropneumonia
    pleuropneumonia – a disease in goats Wood, James, ed. (1907). "Pleura-pneumonia" . The Nuttall Encyclopædia. London and New York: Frederick Warne. v t...
    1 KB (48 words) - 17:39, 12 October 2023
  • "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu" is a song written and originally recorded in 1957 by Huey 'Piano' Smith, who scored a minor Billboard hit...
    9 KB (653 words) - 17:51, 18 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Epidemiology of pneumonia
    Pneumonia is a common respiratory infection, affecting approximately 450 million people a year and occurring in all parts of the world. It is a major...
    28 KB (3,205 words) - 11:35, 8 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Influenza
    vomiting can occur, particularly in children. Influenza may progress to pneumonia from the virus or a subsequent bacterial infection. Other complications...
    104 KB (12,416 words) - 08:17, 28 April 2024