pulmonary infection

collocation in English

meaningsofpulmonaryandinfection

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pulmonary
adjective
uk
/ˈpʊl.mə.nər.i/us
/ˈpʊl.mə.ner.i/
relating to the lungs (= organs used ...
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infection
noun[C or U]
uk
/ɪnˈfek.ʃən/us
/ɪnˈfek.ʃən/
a condition in which bacteria or viruses that cause disease have entered ...
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(Definition ofpulmonaryandinfectionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It includes 12 patients with rhinocerebral, three with cutaneous, and one withpulmonaryinfection.
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The postoperative course was complicated by apulmonaryinfectionwhich tequired prolonged mechanical ventilation.
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One patient died on the 12th postoperative day because ofpulmonaryinfectionfollowed by sepsis.
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The present study indicates that the relatively short-termpulmonaryinfectioncauses significant damage and the host may accumulate pathological effects.
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While previous work has demonstrated the long-term impact on host condition of the blood-feeding adults, this study assesses pathological effects of the short-termpulmonaryinfection.
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A further 519 reports were isolated from sputum specimens and therefore excluded as yeasts are a rare cause ofpulmonaryinfectionand the diagnosis is histological.
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Tuberculosis in this country is now largely apulmonaryinfectionacquired mostly by close contact with persons suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis.
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He was diagnosed with respiratory failure caused by severepulmonaryinfection.
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She was later hospitalized for apulmonaryinfectionand developed pneumonia, causing her to be hospitalized for an extended period.
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Some patients fail to recover and develop chronicpulmonaryinfectionor widespread disseminated infection (affecting meninges, soft tissues, joints, and bone).
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It can cause nocardiosis, a severepulmonaryinfectionin immunocompromised hosts.
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Their immune system is not strong enough to fight off the fungus, and it may, for example, colonise the lung, resulting in apulmonaryinfection.
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Pulmonaryinfectioncan be from inhalation or hematogenous sources, and can cause any chest syndrome.
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Four patients (cases 3-5 and 9) had pulmonary infections.
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An increased degree of cyanosis had been observed at the age of nine months, and there were repetitive pulmonary infections.
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Cryptococcal meningitis (infection of the meninges, the tissue covering the brain) is believed to result from dissemination of the fungus from either an observed or unappreciatedpulmonaryinfection.
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When pulmonary infections in moose are massive, crowding or other factors may induce degenerative changes in the metacestodes.
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In older children, symptoms are less severe and the syndrome is usually detected when investigation is undertaken for recurrent pulmonary infections, chest x-ray abnormalities or a heart murmur.
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