Pneumonia

Introduction: Pneumonia

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 ... more about Pneumonia.

Pneumonia: Infection of the lung by bacteria, viruses or fungus. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Pneumonia is available below.

Symptoms of Pneumonia

• High fever
• Chills
• Chest pain on breathing
• Dry cough - in early stages
• Productive cough - in later stages

See full list of 27 symptoms of Pneumonia

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Pneumonia:

• Home Lung Function Tests

Medical Textbooks Online about Pneumonia

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Diagnostic Tests for Pneumonia

• Chest x-rays
• Blood tests
• Sputum tests

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Pneumonia?

• Misdiagnosis of Pneumonia
• Failure to diagnose Pneumonia
• Underlying causes of Pneumonia (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Failure to diagnose Pneumonia

Misdiagnosis and Pneumonia

Chronic lung diseases hard to diagnose: Some of the chronic lung diseases are difficult to diagnose. Even the well-knowns conditions such as asthma...read more »

Fever of less than 3 days duration: Fever of less than 3 days duration is commonly encountered in general practice and is most likely to be case of viral infection of the respiratory tract....read more »

FUO in children: Fever of unknown origin in children is usually transient and subsides within 4- 5 days. Majority of them are of viral aetiology. The common causes of fever in children differ from that of adults....read more »

Dressler's syndrome or post- MI syndrome: Dressler’s syndrome also known as the post- MI syndrome usually occurs a few weeks after the...read more »

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Causes of Pneumonia

• Viral infection
• Bacterial infection
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae
  • Staphylococcus aureus
  • Chlamydia pneumoniae

See full list of 13 causes of Pneumonia

More information about causes of Pneumonia:

• Medications, drugs, or substances causing Pneumonia (45 listings)
• Underlying causes of Pneumonia
• Pneumonia as a complication caused by other conditions
• Pneumonia as a symptom
• Medical news summaries relating to Causes of Pneumonia

Treatments for Pneumonia

• Antibiotics
• Intravenous antibiotics
• Hospitalization
• Oxygen
• Pain relief

See full list of 13 treatments for Pneumonia

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Prognosis for Pneumonia

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Reseach about Pneumonia

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Clinical Trials for Pneumonia

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Pneumonia include:

• DB289 Versus TMP-SMX for the Treatment of Acute Pneumocystis Jiroveci Pneumonia (PCP) - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Pafuramidine maleate (DB289),Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX)
• Study Evaluating Tigecycline Vs Levofloxacin in Hospitalized With Community-Acquired Pneumonia - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - tigecycline
• Humoral Determinants of Immunity to Pneumococcal Infection - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Prophylactic Antibiotics in Measles - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim
• Study Evaluating Tigecycline Versus Imipenem/Cilastatin in Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Tigecycline,Imipenem,Cilastatin

See full list of 219 Clinical Trials for Pneumonia

Statistics for Pneumonia

• Medical statistics for Pneumonia
• Prevalence and incidence statistics for Pneumonia
• Death and Mortality statistics for Pneumonia
• Society statistics for Pneumonia

Types of Pneumonia

• Viral pneumonia
  • Influenza
  • Influenza A
• Bacterial pneumonia
• Fungal pneumonia

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Article Excerpts about 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)

Definitions of Pneumonia:

Inflammation of the lungs with consolidation and exudation. - (Source - Diseases Database)

Respiratory disease characterized by inflammation of the lung parenchyma (excluding the bronchi) with congestion caused by viruses or bacteria or irritants - (Source - WordNet 2.1)