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  • ...fections most commonly lead to legionellosis which has similar symptoms to pneumonia.
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  • Infants with bronchiolitis and adults with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have been linked to i 8. Lieberman D, Kahane S, Lieberman D, Friedman MG. Pneumonia with serological evidence of acute infection with the ''Chlamydia''-like mi
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  • ...cilia of cells in lungs, and causes coughs and more specifically, enzootic pneumonia (EP). EP is known to cause weight loss in pigs, leading to millions of doll ...of epithelial cells, causing lesions found in pigs infected with enzootic pneumonia (EP). (1)
    7 KB (1,043 words) - 18:55, 19 August 2010
  • ...''K. pneumoniae'' can progress into severe bacterial infections leading to pneumonia, bloodstream infections, wound infections, urinary tract infections, and me ...pread through exposure to the bacteria via respiratory tract, which causes pneumonia, or the blood to cause an infection in the bloostream. ''Klebsiella'' infec
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  • ...vention, diagnosis, and treatment. Such pathogens include <i>Streptococcus pneumonia<i>, <i>Neisseria meningitidis<i>, and <i>Haemophilus influenza<i>. They dem
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  • ...a.org/wiki/Bacteremia bacteremia], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumonia pneumonia] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meningitis meningitis][[#References|<sup ...ffectively eliminated, greatly decreasing the risks of infections, such as pneumonia. Once again, it is difficult for bacteria to mount resistance against AMPs
    11 KB (1,465 words) - 06:35, 27 November 2013
  • ...' is a fungal opportunistic pathogen which causes the disease Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) in immunocompromised mammalian hosts, specifically rats. ''Pneumocys ...'Pneumocystis carinii'' since it is the pathogen which caused Pneumocystis pneumonia and, consequently, a major cause of mortality in patients diagnosed with AI
    14 KB (2,098 words) - 03:29, 20 August 2010
  • .... Legionnaire's disease is difficult to distinguish from any other type of pneumonia. The four major methods for diagnosis are: determination of antibody level,
    8 KB (1,184 words) - 05:37, 7 May 2016
  • ...e non-motile, though they sometimes have pili used for adherence. (5) ''S. pneumonia'' are found normally in the upper respiratory tract, including the throat a ...occus due to its role in the disease, pneumonia. It was termed Diplococcus pneumonia in 1926 due to its propensity to exist in pairs of cells, and renamed Strep
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  • ...lnutrition. Like necrotizing fasciitis and toxic shock syndrome, bacterial pneumonia progresses vary rapidly with a sudden onset of high fever. More seriously,
    14 KB (2,007 words) - 01:48, 20 June 2011
  • ...ent is infected with Pseudomonas aeruginosa in their lungs, it can lead to pneumonia. This infections can usually be treated with antibiotics and are not fatal
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  • ...ntracted all over the body, and result in multiple bodily effects, such as pneumonia in the respiratory tract and osteomyelitis in the bones and joints. This ba ...>nosocomial infections</b> (e.g., urinary tract infections and respiratory pneumonia) and is especially pathogenic to immune-suppressed patients such as burn vi
    8 KB (1,223 words) - 20:26, 9 December 2016
  • ...It is also a relatively common cause of community-acquired and nosocomial pneumonia in adults. (1) And ''L. pneumophila'' serogroup 1 alone is responsible for ...ionellaceae were not documented until 1976, when a detrimental outbreak of pneumonia occurred in Philadelphia at an American Legion Convention. (Fraser et al.,
    20 KB (2,930 words) - 19:03, 22 April 2011
  • ...ph infections” can cause bacteremia, endocarditis, soft tissue infections, pneumonia, bone and joint infections, CNS, toxic shock syndrome, and even food poison ...es MRSA can be transmitted through the cough of someone infected with MRSA pneumonia. This bacterium is most commonly transmitted horizontally rather than verti
    22 KB (3,256 words) - 16:24, 11 February 2016
  • ...ses (Phocid herpesvirus 1, Influenza A virus) often follow the primary PDV pneumonia [[#References |[1]]]. ...ty of the disease seems to increase with the age of the organism impacted: pneumonia comes with more severe emphysema and stronger diving impediments [[#Referen
    12 KB (1,668 words) - 15:44, 10 December 2018
  • ...siella spp.'' found in hospitals are as follows: urinary tract infections, pneumonia, wound infections, septicemia, neonatal septicemia, and nosocomial infectio ...d with ''Staphylococcus aureus'', ''Kingella kingae'', and ''Streptococcus pneumonia'' [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2916600/ (6)]. The patient
    15 KB (2,071 words) - 13:37, 6 June 2016
  • ...s could be generally mild (pimples, boils) or serious (Sepsis, cellulitis, pneumonia, endocarditis). The treatment of Staphyloccus aureus started in the 1940s ...body and cause other complications. If it reaches the lungs it may cause pneumonia. It may also enter the blood stream (bacteremia) and affect the liver and
    13 KB (1,996 words) - 20:55, 7 May 2012
  • ...lasma pulmonis'' is the agent of murine respiratory mycoplasmosis (MRM), a pneumonia-like slow progressing disease that sometimes does not develop clinical symp 3. Neutrophil histamine contributes to inflammation in ''Mycoplasma pneumonia''.
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  • ...ear evidence for that APMV nor Sputnik virophage is associated directly to pneumonia or any other human aliment [http://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/an
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  • ...munity-acquired infections influde bacteremia, endocarditis, osteomylitis, pneumonia and wound infections are less common. ...mon path of infection is the respiratory tract, where the bacterium causes pneumonia. By forming biofilms ''Staphylococcus epidermidis'' is resistant to antibio
    10 KB (1,385 words) - 13:49, 16 January 2014
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