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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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Twelve patients (group B) had bacterial lobar pneumonia (11 patients) or acute respiratory distress syndrome (1 patient) diagnosed by typical signs and symptoms, hypoxemia, pulmonary infiltrates, and prompt clinical response to [beta]-lactam antimicrobial drugs (16,17). An 87-year-old woman was admitted on March 28, 2004, to St Joseph Hospital in Paris with typical upper left lobar pneumonia, as inferred from auscultatory results, radiologic findings, and laboratory data: leukocytes 37,300 cells/[micro]L, C-reactive protein 455 mg/L, and positive urinary pneumococcal antigen (BinaxNOW, Binax, Inc. During World War II, acute pneumonia in military personnel was frequently milder than lobar pneumonia. |
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