bacterial pneumonia

collocation in English

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bacterial
adjective
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/bækˈtɪə.ri.əl/us
/bækˈtɪr.i.əl/
caused by, made from, or relating ...
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pneumonia
noun[U]
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/njuːˈməʊ.ni.ə/us
/nuːˈmoʊ.njə/
a serious illness in which one or both lungs become red and swollen and filled ...
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(Definition ofbacterialandpneumoniafrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Among those who survived the first several days, however, many died of secondarybacterialpneumonia.
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Inbacterialpneumonia, invasion of the lung parenchyma by bacteria produces an inflammatory immune response.
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This leads to the fever, chills, and fatigue common inbacterialpneumonia.
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Exudative pleural effusions, by contrast, are caused by alterations in "local" factors that influence the formation and absorption of pleural fluid (e.g.,bacterialpneumonia, cancer, pulmonary embolism, and viral infection).
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In studies of human populations, a lethal synergism has been identified between influenza virus and pneumococcus, a likely cause of excess mortality from secondarybacterialpneumoniaduring influenza epidemics.
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For example, the finding infiltrate frequently implies acutebacterialpneumoniain a radiology report.
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He could have had, for example, a subacutebacterialpneumonia.
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Four clinical diseases were selected (neoplasm, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, acutebacterialpneumonia, and congestive heart failure), and 230 reports were randomly selected.
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Bacterialpneumonia: specific diagnosis and treatment of the elderly.
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The disease is also generally acknowledged as the leading cause of severebacterialpneumoniain children under two years old and overall in any age group.
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It is characteristic of rheumatic carditis, but is seen in all severe injuries such as strep throat andbacterialpneumonia.
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Infection in adults is associated with greater morbidity and mortality due to pneumonia (either direct viral pneumonia or secondarybacterialpneumonia), hepatitis, and encephalitis.
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Treatment depends on the cause of pneumonia;bacterialpneumoniais treated with antibiotics.
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Radiographs of viral pneumonia may appear normal, appear hyper-inflated, have bilateral patchy areas, or present similar tobacterialpneumoniawith lobar consolidation.
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Flu can occasionally lead to pneumonia, either direct viral pneumonia or secondarybacterialpneumonia, even for persons who are usually very healthy.
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Additionally, it causesbacterialpneumonia, especially in adults with a compromised immune system.
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It is a human pathogen that causes the disease mycoplasma pneumonia, a form of atypicalbacterialpneumoniarelated to cold agglutinin disease.
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Tuberculosis is a serious infectious disease of the lung as isbacterialpneumonia.
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In literature the term "atypical pneumonia" (contrasted with "bacterialpneumonia") is still in use, though incorrect.
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Respiratory diseases range from mild and self-limiting, such as the common cold, to life-threatening entities likebacterialpneumonia, pulmonary embolism, and lung cancer.
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