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Varicella-zoster virus infection
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Pneumonia is a common illness that affects millions of people each year in the United States. Bacterial pneumonias tend to be the most serious and, in adults, the most common cause of pneumonia. The most common pneumonia-causing bacterium in adult...
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Pneumonia : Causes.
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One of the most common pulmonary complications affecting cancer patients, pneumonia is a potentially life-threatening inflammation of one or both lungs.
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Localized shadows obscuring areas of the lung may indicate a bacterial pneumonia, while streaky or patchy changes in the x-ray film may indicate viral or mycoplasma pneumonia. X-ray examination of the chest may reveal certain abnormal changes...
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Chlamydial Pneumonia:: This type of pneumonia is called a "community-acquired pneumonia" because it is easily passed from one member of the community to another. Chlamydia pneumoniae. Patients experience fever and cough.
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Diagnosis of some bacterial pneumonias can be made with the results of specific laboratory tests. By staining sputum with special chemicals and examining it under a.
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There is a correlation between asthma and eosinophilic pneumonia. Eosinophilic pneumonia can also be caused by drugs and, in some people, by polluted air. Eosinophilic Pneumonia:: In the case of eosinophilic pneumonia, the lungs are the target.
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Pneumococcal Pneumonia:: Symptoms of bacterial pneumonia include a. Symptoms may differ somewhat in the elderly, with minimal cough, no sputum and no fever, but rather tiredness and confusion leading to.
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Pneumocystis Pneumonia:: As the pneumocystis organism continues to replicate, it gradually fills the alveoli. As the pneumonia becomes more severe, fluid accumulates and tissue scarring occurs. This means that it causes disease only under certain...
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Herpes simplex is an infection that primarily affects the mouth or genital area.
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If you have herpes, you’re not alone. Millions of Americans have it. Herpes has no cure. But you can control it and learn how to protect yourself and others from outbreaks.
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Herpes: Caring for SoresGood hygiene matters when you have herpes. Take care of your sores to speed healing.
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Herpes simples virus (HSV, or herpesvirus) is a virus that causes infection of skin and mucous membrane and rarely infects other parts of the body. However, in the immunosuppressed patient, HSV may cause pneumonia and other more severe infections.
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Virus that causes blister-like open sores, usually on the mouth or genitals of the infected person. Herpes simplex virus (HSV) exists in two known forms.
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Herpes is an infection caused by a herpes simplex virus 1 or 2, and it primarily affects the mouth or genital area. There are two strains of herpes simplex viruses.
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Mycoplasma pneumonia is an infection of the lungs caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae .
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Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a very common virus. This virus causes mild, cold-like symptoms in adults and older healthy children. It can cause serious respiratory infections in young babies, especially those in certain high-risk groups.
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Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a virus that can cause severe lower respiratory infections in children under the age of two, and milder upper respiratory infections in older children and adults. RSV infection is also called bronchiolitis, because it is marked in young children by inflammation of the bronchioles.
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Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a virus that can cause severe lower respiratory infections in children younger than two years of age and milder upper respiratory infections in older children and adults. RSV infection in young children is also called bronchiolitis , because it is marked by inflammation of the bronchioles, the narrow airways that lead from the large airways (bronchi) to the tiny air sacs (alveoli) in the lungs.
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