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  2. Cases of walking pneumonia are surging in kids this year, CDC ...

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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)

  3. Crackles - Wikipedia

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    In 2016, the European Respiratory Society reported on a study of various physicians listening to audiovisual recordings of auscultation findings and interobserver variation was analyzed. [11] The study found that broad descriptions agreed better than detailed descriptions.

  4. Community-acquired pneumonia - Wikipedia

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    Current treatment guidelines recommend a beta-lactam, like amoxicillin, and a macrolide, like azithromycin or clarithromycin, or a quinolone, such as levofloxacin. Doxycycline is the antibiotic of choice in the UK for atypical bacteria, due to increased Clostridioides difficile infection in hospital patients linked to the increased use of ...

  5. Walking pneumonia cases are spiking among children ... - AOL

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    The CDC said Mycoplasma cases seem to have peaked in mid-August but remain high. According to the Cleveland Clinic , walking pneumonia is a typically mild lung infection or mild form of pneumonia ...

  6. CURB-65 - Wikipedia

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    CURB-65, also known as the CURB criteria, is a clinical prediction rule that has been validated for predicting mortality in community-acquired pneumonia [1] and infection of any site. [2] The CURB-65 is based on the earlier CURB score [3] and is recommended by the British Thoracic Society for the assessment of severity of pneumonia. [4]

  7. Pneumococcal pneumonia - Wikipedia

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    It is the most common bacterial pneumonia found in adults, the most common type of community-acquired pneumonia, and one of the common types of pneumococcal infection. The estimated number of Americans with pneumococcal pneumonia is 900,000 annually, with almost 400,000 cases hospitalized and fatalities accounting for 5-7% of these cases. [2]

  8. Usual interstitial pneumonia - Wikipedia

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    Usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) is a form of lung disease characterized by progressive scarring of both lungs. [1] The scarring ( pulmonary fibrosis ) involves the pulmonary interstitium (the supporting framework of the lung).

  9. Epidemiology of pneumonia - Wikipedia

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    Pneumonia is a common respiratory infection, [2] affecting approximately 450 million people a year and occurring in all parts of the world. [3] It is a major cause of death among all age groups, resulting in 1.4 million deaths in 2010 (7% of the world's yearly total) and 3.0 million deaths in 2016 (the 4th leading cause of death in the world).