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This article is about human pneumonia. To read about pneumonia in animals, please see pneumonia (non-human). Pneumonia is an illness of the lungs and respiratory system in which the alveoli (microscopic air-filled sacs of the lung responsible for absorbing oxygen from the atmosphere) become inflamed and flooded with fluid. Pneumonia can result from a variety of causes, including infection with bacteria, viruses, fungi, or parasites. Pneumonia may also occur from chemical or physical in ...
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Resources
- American Lung Association
- American Lung Association Factsheet: African Americans and Lung Disease (American Lung Association)
- Bronchiolitis Obliterans with Organizing Pneumonia (BOOP) (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Pneumonia (National Institutes of Health)
- Cost-Effectiveness of Pneumococcal Vaccine for People 50 through 64 Years of Age (American College of Physicians)
- Current Vaccine Delays and Shortages (National Immunization Program)
- Diabetes and Pneumonia: Get the Facts (Division of Diabetes Translation, NCCDPHP, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- FASTATS: Pneumonia (National Center for Health Statistics)
- Fight Flu and Pneumonia (Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Publications Office)
- Giving Antibiotics Within Four Hours of Arrival at a Hospital Improves Outcomes for Older Patients With Pneumonia (American Medical Association)
- Group A Streptococcal Infections (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
- Health Groups Reinstate Recommendation for Third Dose of Pediatric Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- HIV/AIDS and Lung Disease (American Lung Association)
- How Do the Lungs Work? (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
- JAMA Patient Page: Assisted Breathing (American Medical Association)
- Medicare Preventive Services... To Help Keep You Healthy (Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, HHS)
- National Center for Infectious Diseases
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- National Institute on Aging
- Patient Factors and Site of Care Influence Antibiotic Prescription for Pneumonia (American Medical Association)
- Percent of Adults Aged 65 Years and Over Who Had Ever Received Pneumococcal Vaccine: United States, Quarter One 2002 (National Center for Health Statistics)
- Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine: What a Parent Needs to Know (American Academy of Family Physicians)
- Pneumococcal Pneumonia (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
- Pneumococcal Pneumonia (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
- Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine - What You Need to Know (National Immunization Program Resource Center, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Pneumococcal Vaccine: When Is It Appropriate for Older Children (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Pneumonia (HealthWorld)
- Pneumonia (Google Health)
- Pneumonia (National Women's Health Information Center)
- Pneumonia (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Pneumonia (Medline Plus)
- Pneumonia (American Lung Association)
- Pneumonia (American Lung Association)
- Pneumonia (National Institutes of Health)
- Pneumonia (MayoClinic)
- Pneumonia (Nemours Foundation)
- Pneumonia (Cleveland Clinic)
- Pneumonia (Nemours Foundation)
- Pneumonia (Cleveland Clinic)
- Pneumonia (Nemours Foundation)
- Pneumonia (HealthWorld)
- Pneumonia Prevention: It's Worth a Shot (National Institute on Aging)
- Pneumonia: More Patients May Be Treated at Home: Research Findings for Consumers (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Clearinghouse, AHRQ, OPHS, HHS)
- Radiography -- Chest (Chest X-ray) (Radiological Society of North America)
- Shots for Safety (National Institute on Aging)
- Three Days of Antibiotics as Effective as Five for Treating Pneumonia (Nemours Foundation)
- Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (American College of Physicians)
- Walking Pneumonia (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)

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