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4 days ago · Defined as an infection of the lung, pneumonia can be bacterial, viral, of fungal in origin. The infection is usually further categorized into community-acquired pneumonia or hospital- or healthcare-acquired pneumonia. Pneumonia accounts for approximately 15% of all hospital-associated infections with estimated mortality rates of 20% ...
5 days ago · Streptococcus pneumoniae is a leading cause of pneumonia and meningitis worldwide. Many different serotypes co-circulate endemically in any one location 1, 2. The extent and mechanisms of...
1 day ago · Despite the lack of pathological evidence because the patient refused transbronchial lung biopsy, we still diagnosed secondary organizing pneumonia after RSV infection based on the typical clinical manifestations and characteristics of this patient; therefore, the patient resumed taking 20 mg of methylprednisolone per day, and the dose was reduced slowly, with the entire course of therapy ...
2 days ago · Pneumococcal pneumonia produces consolidation in the right upper lobe with multiple air bronchograms (black branching structures) present since the spaces surrounding the air-filled bronchi normally contain air but now are filled with inflammatory exudate.
5 days ago · Pneumonia - Right Lower Lobe. General Considerations. It is always best to localize disease on conventional radiographs using two views taken at 90° to each other ( orthogonal views) like a frontal and lateral chest radiograph.
5 days ago · Pathology. Emphysema is one of a heterogeneous group of pathological processes forming chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and is itself a relatively vague term encompassing a number of entities and morphological patterns including: morphologic subtypes. centrilobular emphysema (most common) panlobular emphysema. paraseptal emphysema
5 days ago · Learn from one of the very best. Dr. Gary W. Procop, one of the most outstanding young clinical pathologists in medical microbiology in American medicine, shares his vision about how new technologies may be used to rapidly identify pathogenic organisms and detect resistance to treatment regimens.
