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lobar pneumonia |
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lobar pneumonia [′lō‚bär nu̇′mō·nyə] (medicine) An acute febrile disease involving one or more lobes of the lung, usually following pneumococcal infection. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The main respiratory outcomes, VAP and lobar atelectasis, were both significantly less common in the group given rotational therapy. A woman with a lobar infiltrate due to psittacosis detected by polymerase chain reaction. Investigations in the late nineteenth century on bacteria and viruses paid off in the 1930s with the development of immunizations for diphtheria, tetanus, lobar pneumonia, and other bacterial infections. |
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