Bacterial Pneumonia - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf
Sep 1, 2020 · Bacterial pneumonia, characterized by inflammation in lung parenchyma and alveolar spaces, is caused by various bacteria, each triggering an intricate interplay with the host immune response.
Pneumonia Pathology - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf
Jul 31, 2023 · Bacterial pneumonia is associated with purulent or rarely blood-tinged sputum. Viral pneumonia is associated with watery or occasionally mucopurulent sputum production. There may be an associated pleuritic chest pain with the concomitant involvement of the pleura.
Typical Bacterial Pneumonia - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf
Jul 31, 2023 · The most common cause of typical bacterial pneumonia worldwide is Pneumococcus. The polysaccharide capsule of Streptococcus pneumoniae inhibits the complement binding to the cell surface and hence, inhibits phagocytosis.
Pathology Outlines - Acute pneumonia
Aug 18, 2022 · Which organism characteristically causes lobar pneumonia? Bacterial pneumonia is broadly defined as inflammation of the lung parenchyma that is clinically characterized by fever, purulent sputum, leukocytosis and decline in oxygenation.
Pneumonia - Nature Reviews Disease Primers
Apr 8, 2021 · The pathogenesis of pneumonia has been suggested to include a change in the lung microbiota, from a physiological, homeostatic state to dysbiosis, in association with a low microbial...
Pneumonia—Overview - PMC
Novel pathogens, particularly viruses, continue to emerge as causes of pneumonia. The rise of drug-resistance among common respiratory pathogens is a further challenge.
Bacterial Pneumonia: Practice Essentials, Background, Pathophysiology
Bacterial pneumonia (see the image below) is caused by a pathogenic infection of the lungs and may present as a primary disease process or as the final, fatal disorder primarily in an...
Bacterial Pneumonia - PubMed
Bacterial pneumonia, characterized by inflammation in lung parenchyma and alveolar spaces, is caused by various bacteria, each triggering an intricate interplay with the host immune response.
Streptococcus pneumoniae epidemiology, pathogenesis and …
Nov 6, 2024 · In this Review, we summarize some recent findings from clinical disease to basic pathogenesis studies that may be of importance for future control strategies. Infections caused by Streptococcus...
Microbial Etiology of Pneumonia: Epidemiology, Diagnosis and …
Globally, Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) is the most common pathogen causing community-acquired pneumonia. Pneumococcus was considered one of the 9 bacteria of international concern in the recent worldwide report of global antibiotic resistance published by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2014 [3].