Bacterial pneumonia

Introduction: Bacterial pneumonia

Description of Bacterial pneumonia

Bacterial pneumonia: infection of the lung with any of a large variety of bacteria, especially Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus).
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Bacterial pneumonia: pneumonia caused by various species of bacteria; commonly results from bronchogenic spread of infection following microaspiration of secretions.
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Bacterial pneumonia as a Disease

Bacterial pneumonia: Type of or association with medical condition Pneumonia.
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Bacterial pneumonia: Bacterial pneumonia is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database: Pneumonia, Nosocomial infections

Bacterial pneumonia as a subtype of Pneumonia

Pneumonia (medical condition): Infection of the lung by bacteria, viruses or fungus.

Pneumonia: Pneumonia is a lung disease that can be caused by a variety of viruses, bacteria, and sometimes fungi. The U.S. Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate nearly 90,000 people in the United States died from one of several kinds of pneumonia in 1999. In the United States, pneumonia is the fifth leading cause of death [Natl Vital Stat Report 47 (25), 10/5/1999]. Rates of infection are three-times higher in African Americans than in whites and are 5- to 10-times higher in Native-American adults and 10-times higher in Native-American children [J Infect Dis;170:368-76, 1994]. (Source: excerpt from Pneumococcal Pneumonia, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID)

Bacterial pneumonia as a Symptom

Bacterial pneumonia (symptom): Type of Pneumonia.

More information on symptom: Pneumonia:

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Terms associated with Bacterial pneumonia:

More specific terms for Bacterial pneumonia:

• mycoplasmal pneumonia

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Broader terms for Bacterial pneumonia

• bacterial disease
• pneumonia

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The term Bacterial pneumonia can be used for:

• Staphylococcal pneumonia

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Other terms that may be related to Bacterial pneumonia:

• Klebsiella pneumoniae
• Staphylococcus infection
• Streptococcus pneumoniae

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