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Causes of Pneumonia

This section discusses 234 medical conditions causing Pneumonia. A simple discussion of these causes with additional information is below.

Causes of Pneumonia:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Pneumonia. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

Causes of Pneumonia listed in Disease Database:

Other medical conditions listed in the Disease Database as possible causes of Pneumonia as a symptom include:

- (Source - Diseases Database)

Conditions listing medical symptoms: Pneumonia:

The following list of conditions have 'Pneumonia' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

A

  • Acidic dry cell batteries inhalation poisoning ... pneumonia
  • Adducted thumb syndrome recessive form ... pneumonia
  • Adducted thumbs - arthrogryposis, Christian type ... pneumonia
  • Adenoviruses ... pneumonia
  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections ... bacterial pneumonia
  • Arnold-Chiari malformation type 2 ... aspiration pneumonia
  • Aspergillosis ... pneumonia
  • Ataxia Telangiectasia ... recurrent pneumonia
  • Aureobasidium pullulans exposure ... pneumonia
  • Ausrian triad ... pneumococcal pneumonia

    B

  • Blastomycosis ... chronic pneumonia

    C

  • Chediak-Higashi Syndrome ... pneumonia
  • Chemical poisoning - 1,1-Dimethylhydrazine ... pneumonia
  • Chemical poisoning - Button batteries ... pneumonia
  • Chemical poisoning - Manganese ... pneumonia
  • Chlamydia pneumoniae ... Pneumonia
  • Chromosome 5, trisomy 5q ... Recurrent pneumonia
  • Chromosome 5q duplication syndrome ... recurrent pneumonia
  • Chromosome 7 ring syndrome ... pneumonia
  • Chronic Granulomatous Disease ... pneumonia
  • Common Variable Immunodeficiency ... pneumonia
  • Cystic Fibrosis ... pneumonia

    D

  • Drug-resistant Streptococcus Pneumoniae Disease ... Pneumonia
  • Duplication 5q ... Recurrent pneumonia

    E

  • Encephalitozoon cuniculi infection ... pneumonia
  • Esophageal atresia ... pneumonia

    G

  • Group B Streptococcal Infections ... pneumonia

    H

  • Hantavirosis ... pneumonia
  • Hantavirus ... Pneumonia
  • Hemophilus influenzae B ... bacterial pneumonia
  • HIV/AIDS ... pneumonia
  • Human T-lymphotropic virus type 3 ... pneumonia
  • Hyper-IgE Syndrome ... recurrent pneumonia

    I

  • IgG Deficiency ... pneumonia
  • Immunoglobulin G subclass deficiency ... pneumonia

    L

  • Legionnaires' disease ... pneumonia
  • Lung cancer ... recurrent pneumonia

    M

  • Malignant Buotonneuse fever ... pneumonia
  • Melioidosis ... Pneumonia
  • Moraxella catarrhalis infection ... bronchopneumonia
  • Mycoplasma pneumoniae ... pneumonia

    N

  • Nezelof's syndrome ... pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
  • Nocardiosis ... pneumonia

    P

  • Parainfluenza ... pneumonia
  • Parainfluenza virus type 1 ... pneumonia
  • Parainfluenza virus type 2 ... pneumonia
  • Parainfluenza virus type 3 ... pneumonia
  • Parainfluenza virus type 4 ... pneumonia
  • Pediatric gastroesophageal reflux disease ... Recurrent pneumonia
  • Pneumococcus ... Pneumococcal pneumonia
  • Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia ... pneumonia
  • Pneumonic plague ... pneumonia
  • Psittacosis ... pneumonia

    R

  • Respiratory syncytial virus ... pneumonia

    S

  • SARS ... pneumonia
  • SCID ... pneumonia
  • Serratia ... pneumonia
  • Sjogren's Syndrome ... aspiration pneumonia, Pneumonia
  • Skeletal dysplasia - mental retardation ... pneumonia
  • Stenotrophomonas maltophilia ... pneumonia
  • Streptococcal Group B invasive disease ... pneumonia

    T

  • Torulopsis ... pneumonia
  • Toxocariasis ... pneumonia

    U

  • Unilateral pulmonary agenesis ... recurrent pneumonia

    W

  • WHIM syndrome ... Pneumonia
  • Williams-Campbell syndrome ... pneumonia
  • Wyatt disease ... pneumonia

    X

  • X-linked agammaglobulinaemia ... Pneumonia
  • X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia ... pneumonia

    Conditions listing medical complications: Pneumonia:

    The following list of medical conditions have 'Pneumonia' or similar listed as a medical complication in our database. This computer-generated list of complications may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

    A

  • Achalasia ... pneumonia
  • Achalasia, primary ... pneumonia
  • Actinomycosis ... pneumonia
  • Acute Bronchitis ... pneumonia, bronchopneumonia
  • Acute upper respiratory infection ... Pneumonia
  • Agranulocytosis ... pneumonia
  • Aicardi syndrome ... recurrent pneumonia
  • Alzheimer disease 10 ... pneumonia
  • Alzheimer disease 12 ... pneumonia
  • Alzheimer disease 13 ... pneumonia
  • Alzheimer disease 14 ... pneumonia
  • Alzheimer disease 15 ... pneumonia
  • Alzheimer disease 16 ... pneumonia
  • Alzheimer disease 2, late-onset ... pneumonia
  • Alzheimer disease 3, (early-onset Alzheimer disease) ... pneumonia
  • Alzheimer disease 5 ... pneumonia
  • Alzheimer disease 6 ... pneumonia
  • Alzheimer disease 7 ... pneumonia
  • Alzheimer disease 8 ... pneumonia
  • Alzheimer disease 9 ... pneumonia
  • Alzheimer disease, early-onset, with cerebral amyloid angiopathy ... pneumonia
  • Alzheimer disease, familial, 1 ... pneumonia
  • Alzheimer disease, familial, 11 ... pneumonia
  • Alzheimer disease, familial, 3, with spastic paraparesis and apraxia ... pneumonia
  • Alzheimer disease, familial, 3, with spastic paraparesis and unusual plaques ... pneumonia
  • Alzheimer disease, familial, 4 ... pneumonia
  • Atransferrinemia ... pneumonia

    B

  • Bird flu (avian influenza) ... pneumonia
  • Blaichman syndrome ... pneumonia
  • Bronchitis ... Pneumonia
  • Bronchogenic carcinoma ... Pneumonia

    C

  • Chemical pneumonia ... pneumonia
  • Chlamydia ... pneumonia
  • Chronic Bronchitis ... bronchopneumonia
  • Common cold ... pneumonia, bronchopneumonia
  • Cornelia de Lange syndrome 1 ... pneumonia
  • Corticobasal Degeneration ... pneumonia
  • Cystic Fibrosis ... Pneumonia
  • Cytomegalovirus ... pneumonia

    D

  • Dermatomyositis ... aspiration pneumonia
  • Down Syndrome ... pneumonia
  • Down's Syndrome associated Alzheimer's disease ... pneumonia
  • Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy ... pneumonia

    E

  • Early-onset Alzheimer's ... pneumonia
  • Epiglotitis ... bacterial pneumonia
  • Esophageal Atresia and/or Tracheoesophageal Fistula ... aspiration pneumonia

    F

  • Familial Forms of Alzheimer's Disease ... pneumonia
  • Flu ... Pneumonia
  • Francisella tularenis infection ... pneumonia

    G

  • Group A Streptococcal Infections ... pneumonia
  • Group B Streptococcal Infections ... pneumonia

    H

  • Hemophilus influenzae B ... bacterial pneumonia
  • HIV/AIDS ... Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP)
  • Hyper-IgM Syndrome ... pneumocystis carinii pneumonia

    I

  • Idiopathic myopathy ... aspiration pneumonia
  • Idiopathic Parkinson's disease ... aspiration pneumonia
  • Infantile dysphagia ... aspiration pneumonia
  • Infantile hypophosphatasia ... pneumonia

    J

  • Jeune syndrome ... pneumonia

    K

  • Kartagener syndrome ... pneumonia
  • Kyasanur-Forrest disease ... bronchopneumonia

    L

  • Laryngeal cleft ... aspiration pneumonia
  • Late-onset Alzheimer's ... pneumonia
  • Legionnaires' disease ... pneumonia
  • Lenz Majewski hyperostotic dwarfism ... recurrent pneumonia
  • Listeriosis ... pneumonia, bacterial pneumonia

    M

  • Machado-Joseph Disease ... aspiration pneumonia
  • Marie type ataxia ... pneumonia
  • Measles ... pneumonia
  • Melioidosis ... pneumonia, bacterial pneumonia
  • Mitochondrial Parkinson's disease ... aspiration pneumonia
  • Moebius axonal neuropathy - hypogonadism ... bronchopneumonia
  • Moebius sequence ... bronchopneumonia
  • Multiple Myeloma ... pneumococcal pneumonia
  • Multiple pterygium syndrome ... pneumonia
  • Muscular Dystrophy ... pneumonia
  • Muscular dystrophy, Duchenne and Becker type ... pneumonia, bronchopneumonia
  • Mycoplasmal pneumonia ... pneumonia

    N

  • Neutropenia ... pneumonia

    O

  • Occupational lung disease - Ammonia inhalation ... pneumonia
  • Occupational lung disease - Chlorine inhalation ... pneumonia
  • Occupational lung disease - Formalin vapors inhalation ... pneumonia
  • Occupational lung disease - Hydrogen Sulfide inhalation ... pneumonia
  • Occupational lung disease - Nitrogen dioxide inhalation ... pneumonia
  • Occupational lung disease - Ozone inhalation ... pneumonia
  • Occupational lung disease - Phosgene inhalation ... pneumonia
  • Occupational lung disease - Sulfur dioxide inhalation ... pneumonia
  • Orstavik-Lindemann-Solberg syndrome ... pneumonia
  • Osteogenesis imperfecta, type 3 ... recurrent pneumonia

    P

  • Paragonimiases - lung infection ... bronchopneumonia
  • Paragonimiasis ... bronchopneumonia
  • Parainfluenza ... pneumonia
  • Parkinson disease 10 (PARK10) ... aspiration pneumonia
  • Parkinson disease 11 (PARK11) ... aspiration pneumonia
  • Parkinson disease 12 (PARK12) ... aspiration pneumonia
  • Parkinson disease 13 (PARK13) ... aspiration pneumonia
  • Parkinson disease 2, autosomal recessive juvenile (PARK2) ... aspiration pneumonia
  • Parkinson disease 3, autosomal dominant Lewy body (PARK3) ... aspiration pneumonia
  • Parkinson disease 4, autosomal dominant Lewy body (PARK4) ... aspiration pneumonia
  • Parkinson disease 5 (PARK5) ... aspiration pneumonia
  • Parkinson disease 6, autosomal recessive early-onset (PARK6) ... aspiration pneumonia
  • Parkinson disease 7, autosomal recessive early-onset (PARK7) ... aspiration pneumonia
  • Parkinson disease 8 (PARK8) ... aspiration pneumonia
  • Parkinson disease 9 (PARK9) ... aspiration pneumonia
  • Parkinson disease, familial, type 1 (PARK1) ... aspiration pneumonia
  • Persistent Vegetative State ... pneumonia
  • Pleurisy ... pneumonia
  • Pneumococcal pneumonia ... bronchopneumonia
  • Pneumococcus ... Pneumococcal pneumonia
  • Precocious myoclonic encephalopathy ... aspiration pneumonia
  • Progressive Supranuclear Palsy ... pneumonia
  • Pseudophosphatasia ... pneumonia
  • Psittacosis ... Severe pneumonia, pneumonia

    Q

  • Q fever ... pneumonia

    R

  • Rat-bite fever ... pneumonia
  • Recurring airway infection ... Pneumonia
  • Respiratory syncytial virus ... pneumonia
  • Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections ... pneumonia
  • Respiratory system cancer ... Pneumonia
  • Right parietal lobe syndrome related Alzheimer's disease ... pneumonia

    S

  • SARS ... pneumonia
  • Sickle Cell Anemia ... pneumonia, recurrent pneumonia
  • Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome, type 2 ... pneumonia
  • Sjogren's Syndrome ... aspiration pneumonia, Pneumonia
  • Sporotrichosis ... pneumonia
  • Staphylococcal infection ... pneumonia
  • Streptococcal Group B invasive disease ... pneumonia
  • Streptococcal Infections ... pneumonia
  • Swine flu ... pneumonia

    T

  • Trypanosomiasis, east-African ... Aspiration pneumonia
  • Type A Influenza ... pneumonia
  • Type A influenza subtype H1 ... pneumonia
  • Type A influenza subtype H10N7 ... pneumonia
  • Type A influenza subtype H1N1 ... pneumonia
  • Type A influenza subtype H1N2 ... pneumonia
  • Type A influenza subtype H2N2 ... pneumonia
  • Type A influenza subtype H3N2 ... pneumonia
  • Type A influenza subtype H5 ... pneumonia
  • Type A influenza subtype H5N1 ... pneumonia
  • Type A influenza subtype H7 ... pneumonia
  • Type A influenza subtype H7N2 ... pneumonia
  • Type A influenza subtype H7N3 ... pneumonia
  • Type A influenza subtype H7N7 ... pneumonia
  • Type A influenza subtype H9 ... pneumonia
  • Type A influenza subtype H9N2 ... pneumonia
  • Type B Influenza ... pneumonia
  • Type C Influenza ... pneumonia
  • Typhoid fever ... pneumonia
  • Typhus ... pneumonia

    U

  • Upper Respiratory Infection ... pneumonia

    W

  • Whooping Cough ... pneumonia, bronchopneumonia

    More Information About Pneumonia

    List of 234 causes of Pneumonia

    This section shows a full list of all the diseases and conditions listed as a possible cause of Pneumonia in our database from various sources.

    Drug side effect causes of Pneumonia

    The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins may possibly cause Pneumonia as a side effect.

    [See detailed list of 45 drug side effect causes of Pneumonia]

    Medical Textbooks about Pneumonia

    Free online access to excerpts without registration is available to view excerpts from medical textbooks about the causes and diagnosis of Pneumonia. Refer to our list of medical textbooks discussions about Pneumonia (Free online access to book excerpts, no registration).

    Medical Books Excerpts
    • COUGH
    • "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs" (2003)
    • COUGH
    • "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
    • Cough
    • "A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis" (1999)
    • Pneumonia
    • "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)" (2005)
    • Cough
    • "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
    • Cough, productive
    • "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
    • Cough, barking
    • "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
    • Cough
    • "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics" (2006)
    • COUGH
    • "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
     

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