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Pneumonia is infection of one or both lungs which is usually caused by a microorganism which can be either a bacteria, virus or fungus. Discovery of antibiotics in the last 50 years has dramatically improved the treatment of pneumonia.

Pneumonia is one of the commonest causes of hospitalization and death in young children and elderly population.

Peripneumonia, and pleuritic affections, are to be thus observed: If the fever be acute, and if there be pains on either side, or in both, and if expiration be attended with pain, if cough be present, and the sputa expectorated be of a blond or livid colour, or likewise thin, frothy, and florid…. When pneumonia is at its height…it is bad if he had dyspnoea…and if sweat comes out about the neck and head, for such sweats are bad, as proceeding from the suffocation, rales, and the violence of the disease.

-Hippocrates, [460-375 BC]

Latest Publication and Research on Pneumonia - Updated on 12/06/2011

Pattern of respiratory diseases seen among adults in an emergency room in a resource-poor nation health facility. - Published by PubMed

Roles of IL-17 in an experimental Legionella pneumonia model. - Published by PubMed

Repeat-dose sirolimus pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics in patients with hepatic allografts. - Published by PubMed

23-valent pneumococcal vaccine failure in a patient who developed pneumonia: a case report. - Published by PubMed

Pharmacological and Patient-Specific Response Determinants in Patients with Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia Treated with Tigecycline. - Published by PubMed

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Posted by:  SandraThomas  Posted on: 09/23/2010
Mainly pneumonia occurs mostly during the winter season and in children, many of these deaths occur in the newborn period. To know more visit http://www.thesymptomsguide.com

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Posted by:  guest  Posted on: 09/28/2007
Is pneumonia contagious? especially to children?

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