Despite significant advances in diagnosis and treatment, mortality associated with pneumonia remains high, especially in the very young, immunosuppressed, and elderly population.Based on the environmental setting of acquiring infection, pneumonia is classified into community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP), ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), and healthcare-associated pneumonia (HACP). Prompt diagnosis and early initiation of evidence-based intensive anti-microbial therapy yield effective pneumonia treatment and management and prevent associated fatalities. However, growing antimicrobial resistance globally necessitates newer research on more potent antibiotic discoveries to tackle future infections and pneumonia contagious risks factors
Etiology of Pneumonia:
A broad spectrum of pathogenic microbes, including bacteria, viruses, and fungi, can cause pneumonia. Common pathogens causing pneumonia include:
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Bacterial pneumonia: M. pneumoniae, streptococcus pneumoniae, C. pneumoniae, H. influenza, staphylococcus aureus, Legionella species, and moraxella catarrhalis etc.
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Viral pneumonia: Rhinoviruses, coronaviruses, influenza virus, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), adenovirus, and parainfluenza.
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Fungal pneumonia is often rare and mainly seen in immunocompromised AIDS patients, caused by histoplasma capsulatum, blastomyces, cryptococcus neoformans, pneumocystis jiroveci (pneumocystis pneumonia), and coccidioides immitis.
Pneumonia Symptoms and Signs:
Depending upon the causative organism, host defense, and extent of infection progression, pathophysiology of pneumonia, signs and pneumonia symptoms vary from mild to severe illness. Generally, patients with bronchopneumonia experience an abrupt onset of fever, chills, confusion, malaise, dyspnea, productive cough, rust-colored sputum or hemoptysis, and pleuritic chest pain. Additionally, lack of early initiation of antibiotic therapy can lead to life-threatening complications like sepsis, pleural effusion, lung abscess or empyema, and acute respiratory distress (ARD), causing death.
Clinical Diagnosis of Pneumonia:
Accurate clinical diagnosis of pneumonia is crucial for effective management and pneumonia treatment to refrain infection progression. Besides the pneumonia symptoms, chest radiography, physical examination, blood tests, and procalcitonin level (PCT) test guide the infection's preliminary diagnosis. However, in hospitalized patients, pulse oximetry, complete blood count (CBC), arterial blood gasses analysis, serum electrolytes, C-reactive protein level, and microbiological examination of respiratory fluid guarantee accurate diagnostic specificity and identification of pathogens.
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