Background The etiologic profile of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) for each age group could be similar among inpatients and outpatients. This fact brings up the link between etiology of CAP ...

Examples of viruses that can cause viral pneumonia include: When the COVID-19 virus causes pneumonia, it typically involves both lungs. Usually, people recover from other types of pneumonia ...

The purpose of this study was to determine the microbial etiology of pneumonia by using strict criteria among a group of hospitalized patients. Patients with acute community-acquired or hospital ...

These can include: It has been estimated that 98% of post-obstructive pneumonia cases are caused by lung cancer. As the lung tumor grows, it causes the blockage in the airways that lead to the ...

M. pneumoniae is one of the most common bacterial causes of what is often referred to as "walking pneumonia," a milder form of the disease. Walking pneumonia symptoms are typically not severe ...

Pneumonia is an infection that causes the air sacs in one or both lungs to fill with fluid or pus. Each year, more than 250,000 Americans are hospitalized with pneumonia, and about 50,000 die from ...

Even with deaths, there are vaccines available to prevent the main causes of pneumonia in children and adults. Examples include the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV), the Haemophilus influenzae ...

PUTRAJAYA: Pneumonia was the leading cause of death in Malaysia in 2023 with 18,181 fatalities, says Chief Statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin. He said the Statistics on Causes of Death ...

Mycoplasma pneumonia, often referred to as ‘a-typical pneumonia’ is landing more children in Triangle-area hospitals for treatment. It’s the same kind of bacteria that causes walking pneumonia.