bacterial pneumonia
Microbial lung illness
Bacterial pneumonia is a lung infection caused by bacteria, producing inflammation and fluid accumulation in the air sacs.
Symptoms typically include fever, cough with mucus, chest pain, and difficulty breathing.
Unlike viral pneumonia, bacterial pneumonia responds to antibiotics: The doctor prescribed amoxicillin for her bacterial pneumonia.
It can range from mild to life-threatening, particularly in the elderly or immunocompromised.
- lung infectionDisease in breathing organs
- coughExplosive airway clearing
- empyemaPus in body cavity
- antibioticsBacteria-destroying medicines
- respiratory systemOrgans facilitating breathing
nosocomial infection · intensive care unit · sepsis · fever · blood tests · chills · oxygen therapy · shortness of breath · difficulty breathing · antipyretics · chest pain · fatigue · PCR testing · wheezing · bronchoscopy · CT scan · mechanical ventilation · immunocompromised
- Pneumoniasbronchopneumonia, Legionnaires disease, PCP
- Respiratory Problemsasthma, bronchitis, COPD, emphysema, tuberculosis
- bacterial infectionsanthrax, botulism, cholera, diphtheria, lockjaw
- lung diseasespneumoconiosis, bronchitis, silicosis, emphysema, black lung
- Respiratory Infectionsbronchitis, influenza, flu, tuberculosis, TB
- Cattle Pneumonialung infection
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