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Clinical aspects of pneumonia. 2002

V Puli, and S C Clarke

Scottish Meningococcus and Pneumococcus Reference Laboratory, Stobhill Hospital, House on the Hill, North Glasgow University Hospitals NHS Trust, Glasgow G21 3UW, UK.

Pneumonia is a serious medical condition and a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. It has many infectious aetiologies, although bacterial and viral forms are most common. Our understanding of pneumonia has improved significantly during the course of the 20th century but the overall disease burden has changed little. Although antibiotics have helped to reduce the mortality associated with some types of pneumonia, the level of morbidity remains constant. Furthermore, the existence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria worldwide is becoming an increasing problem in treatment. This essay describes the different types of pneumonia from a clinical perspective and highlights the problems associated with the condition.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D011014	Pneumonia	Infection of the lung often accompanied by inflammation.	Experimental Lung Inflammation,Lobar Pneumonia,Lung Inflammation,Pneumonia, Lobar,Pneumonitis,Pulmonary Inflammation,Experimental Lung Inflammations,Inflammation, Experimental Lung,Inflammation, Lung,Inflammation, Pulmonary,Inflammations, Lung,Inflammations, Pulmonary,Lobar Pneumonias,Lung Inflammation, Experimental,Lung Inflammations,Lung Inflammations, Experimental,Pneumonias,Pneumonias, Lobar,Pneumonitides,Pulmonary Inflammations
D011019	Pneumonia, Mycoplasma	Interstitial pneumonia caused by extensive infection of the lungs (LUNG) and BRONCHI, particularly the lower lobes of the lungs, by MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE in humans. In SHEEP, it is caused by MYCOPLASMA OVIPNEUMONIAE. In CATTLE, it may be caused by MYCOPLASMA DISPAR.	Mycoplasma Pneumonia,Pneumonia, Primary Atypical,Mycoplasma dispar Infection,Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae Infection,Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infection,Atypical Pneumonia, Primary,Atypical Pneumonias, Primary,Mycoplasma Pneumonias,Mycoplasma dispar Infections,Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae Infections,Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infections,Pneumonias, Mycoplasma,Pneumonias, Primary Atypical,Primary Atypical Pneumonia,Primary Atypical Pneumonias
D011024	Pneumonia, Viral	Inflammation of the lung parenchyma that is caused by a viral infection.	Pneumonias, Viral,Viral Pneumonia,Viral Pneumonias
D003937	Diagnosis, Differential	Determination of which one of two or more diseases or conditions a patient is suffering from by systematically comparing and contrasting results of diagnostic measures.	Diagnoses, Differential,Differential Diagnoses,Differential Diagnosis
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D018410	Pneumonia, Bacterial	Inflammation of the lung parenchyma that is caused by bacterial infections.	Bacterial Pneumonia,Bacterial Pneumonias,Pneumonias, Bacterial