atypical pneumonia
Milder lung infection
Atypical pneumonia is a lung infection that doesn't follow the usual pattern of bacterial pneumonia—often milder symptoms, gradual onset, and caused by organisms like Mycoplasma or Chlamydia rather than typical bacteria.
Sometimes called "walking pneumonia" because patients often remain ambulatory rather than bedridden: The doctor diagnosed atypical pneumonia and prescribed antibiotics.
- respiratory diseaseAilment of breathing organs
- coughExplosive airway clearing
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- breathlessnessDifficulty drawing air
- feverElevated body temperature
PCR testing · contaminated water · infiltrates · shortness of breath · cooling towers · air conditioning · blood test · incubation period · antibiotic treatment · legionnaires' disease · legionnaires · crackling · mycoplasma · viral · sputum · persistent · outpatient · mild
- PneumoniasLegionnaires disease, PCP
- Cattle Pneumonialung infection
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