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  2. Bronchopneumonia - Wikipedia

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    Bronchopneumonia is a subtype of pneumonia.It is the acute inflammation of the bronchi, accompanied by inflamed patches in the nearby lobules of the lungs. [1]It is often contrasted with lobar pneumonia; but, in clinical practice, the types are difficult to apply, as the patterns usually overlap. [2]

  3. Pneumonia - Wikipedia

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    It may also be classified by the area of the lung affected: lobar, bronchial pneumonia and acute interstitial pneumonia; [42] or by the causative organism. [82] Pneumonia in children may additionally be classified based on signs and symptoms as non-severe, severe, or very severe. [83]

  4. Walking pneumonia, acute bronchitis cases are on the rise ...

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    The percentage of children ages 2-4 diagnosed with a respiratory illness-bacteria grew from 1% to 7.2% between March 31 and Oct. 5, ... Where pneumonia, a lung infection, may cause an individual ...

  5. Pneumonia outbreak in Ohio kids has parents worried it’s ...

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    The CDC data on emergency visits due to pediatric pneumonia show that rates in children between 0 and 4 are similar to previous years, and that while rates are slightly elevated in school-age ...

  6. Lobar pneumonia - Wikipedia

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    Lobar pneumonia is a form of pneumonia characterized by inflammatory exudate within the intra-alveolar space resulting in consolidation that affects a large and continuous area of the lobe of a lung. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]

  7. Cases of walking pneumonia are surging in kids this ... - AOL

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    Walking pneumonia is joining whooping cough and RSV on the list of lung infections making children sick this fall. (Imgorthand/E+/Getty Images)

  8. Lower respiratory tract infection - Wikipedia

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    [13] [15] Pneumonia is also the leading cause of death in children less than five years of age in low income countries. [15] The most common cause of pneumonia is pneumococcal bacteria, Streptococcus pneumoniae accounts for 2/3 of bacteremic pneumonias. [16] Invasive pneumococcal pneumonia has a mortality rate of around 20%. [14]

  9. How to understand Ohio’s ‘white lung syndrome’ pneumonia ...

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    In recent media reports, mycoplasma pneumonia has been described as “white lung syndrome,” due to the whitening of the lungs shown in x-rays of patients with pneumonia, NBC reports. The term ...