| Pneumonia refers to lung inflammation.
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| | There are basically three forms of
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| There are 50 such lung inflammatory
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| | pneumonia. They are atypical pneumonia
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| ailments. During such situations, the
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| | caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae, a mono
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| lungs inevitably experience build up of
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| | cell organism lacking nucleus; the
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| fluids. Several micro-organisms cause
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| | pneumonia caused by the harmless
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| pneumonia. Pneumonic inflammation of the
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| | protozoan Pneumocystis carinii; and
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| lungs occurs due to collection of
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| | Chlamydia pneumoniae. Atypical pneumonia:
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| cellular wastes and blood cells within
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| | This is a common type of pneumonia.
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| the air sacs within the lungs. Such
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| | Outbreaks of such forms of pneumonia are
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| pneumonic inflammation creates breathing
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| | generally witnessed among students in
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| problems.
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| | educational institutions and also among
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| KNOWING PNEUMONIA
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| | soldiers. Normally, atypical pneumonia
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| Pneumonia refers to lung inflammation.
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| | resolves by itself. However, antibiotics
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| There are 50 such lung inflammatory
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| | can also bring about relief. It is caused
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| ailments. During such situations, the
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| | by a minute prokaryotic organism known as
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| lungs inevitably experience build up of
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| | Mycoplasma pneumoniae. This single-celled
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| fluids. Several micro-organisms cause
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| | micro organism is neither a virus nor a
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| pneumonia. Pneumonic inflammation of the
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| | bacterium. Pneumocystis carinii
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| lungs occurs due to collection of
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| | Pneumonia: This form of pneumonia is
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| cellular wastes and blood cells within
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| | caused by the protozoan Pneumocystis
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| the air sacs within the lungs. Such
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| | carinii. This micro organism is usually
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| pneumonic inflammation creates breathing
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| | harmless. Such pneumonic incidences are
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| problems.
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| | common among people suffering from
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| PNEUMONIA CAUSES
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| | impaired immune syndromes or also among
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| Pneumonia is caused by infections. The
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| | many leukemia patients. This form of
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| culprits responsible for causing such
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| | pneumonia has been the primary cause of
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| pneumonic infections are protozoa or
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| | deaths among people suffering from AIDS
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| fungi, mycoplasma, rickettsia, and
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| | (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
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| bacteria. Respiratory infections caused
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| | (AIDS).
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| by rhinoviruses, adenoviruses, and
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| | Chlamydia pneumoniae: Chlamydia
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| influenza virus can also lead to
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| | pneumoniae is a contagious ailment caused
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| pneumonia. Most of the viral pneumonia
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| | by the Chlamydia set of bacteria.
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| cases are mild. They also resolve within
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| | Chlamydia pneumoniae affects the upper
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| a week's time with or without any
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| | respiratory tract. Chlamydia pneumoniae
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| particular treatment.
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| | infections can also strike the
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| HOW DANGEROUS CAN PNEUMONIA BE
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| | bronchitis, pneumonitis, and the
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| Every year, 90,000 deaths are reported to
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| | pharyngitis. Chlamydia pneumoniae can
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| be because of pneumonia in the United
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| | also lead to heart attacks and coronary
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| States. What is more, approximately five
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| | heart diseases. Besides Chlamydia
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| million pneumonia cases are registered in
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| | pneumoniae, the other two species of
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| that country.
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| | Chlamydia bacteria are Chlamydia psittaci
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| PNEUMONIA CAN BE LIFE THREATENING
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| | and Chlamydia trachomatis.
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| If detected early, a person with a good
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| | THE SECOND MAIN CAUSE OF DEATH IN USA
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| constitution and proper treatment can
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| | Chlamydia pneumoniae has been identified
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| recover quickly from an influenza bout.
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| | as the second main cause of pneumonia in
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| However, acute pneumonia attacks can be
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| | US. Anybody between the ages of five to
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| life threatening as well. More often than
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| | 35 can be affected by Chlamydia
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| not, pneumonia can prove to be fatal to
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| | pneumoniae. The Chlamydia pneumoniae
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| patients having weak immune systems. Even
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| | bouts are usually mild in nature. The
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| healthy persons can have complicacies if
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| | Chlamydia pneumoniae symptoms are fever
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| pneumonia is not detected early. There
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| | and cough. At times, there can be more
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| can be serious consequences if pneumonia
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| | sputum production. Sputum is a mixture of
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| patients fail to get effective and prompt
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| | various mucus and saliva. It arises from
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| treatment.
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| | the respiratory tracts.
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| LOBAR PNEUMONIA
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| | CHLAMYDIA PNEUMONIAE SYMPTOMS
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| Lobar pneumonia is an acute form of
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| | The Chlamydia pneumoniae symptoms may not
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| infection. It is caused by the
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| | be very visible initially. Or, at times,
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| Pneumococcus bacterium. The generic name
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| | the Chlamydia pneumoniae signs may also
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| of this bacterium is Streptococcus
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| | point to the other forms of Chlamydia
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| pneumoniae. Lobar pneumonia usually
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| | dysfunctions. One type is the chlamydia
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| follows an extreme form of viral
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| | type of illnesses caused by various
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| respiratory infection, particularly of
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| | strains of the trachomatis species.
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| the upper respiratory tract. The symptoms
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| | Another severe type of chlamydia disease
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| of lobar pneumonia are chest pain during
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| | is caused by a strain of the fly-borne
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| breathing, or cough and fever accompanied
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| | Chlamydia trachomatis.
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| by chill and shaking. The patient's body
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| | DIAGNOSING CHLAMYDIA PNEUMONIAE
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| temperature hovers around 104° F
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| | To diagnose Chlamydia pneumoniae
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| (roughly 40° C). The sputum is blood
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| | infections, patients generally have to
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| streaked. Notably, most of the deaths
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| | undergo various tests. These include cell
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| before the invention of antibiotics were
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| | cultures that exclude other illnesses
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| due to lobar pneumonia. Lobar pneumonia
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| | with similar symptoms. The other ailments
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| generally attacks a lung lobe or a
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| | having similar symptoms are candidiasis,
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| portion of it. At times, lobar pneumonia
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| | trichomoniasis, herpes, and gonorrhea.
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| strikes both the lungs; then it is known
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| | The modern method of diagnosing Chlamydia
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| as double pneumonia.
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| | infections are immunoassays blood tests.
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| DIFFERENT TYPES OF BACTERIAL PNEUMONIAS
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| | These examinations pinpoint the specific
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| Besides the Streptococcus pneumoniae, the
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| | antibody that may have been constituted
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| other bacterial pneumonias fall in the
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| | by the patient's immune system against
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| bronchopneumonias category.
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| | chlamydia infection. In 1939, major
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| Bronchopneumonias fever is lower compared
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| | advances were made in pneumonia therapy.
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| to the one experienced in Streptococcus
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| | Their wider application lowered pneumonia
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| pneumoniae. Moreover, bronchopneumonias
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| | from the third to the fifth leading cause
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| symptoms appear slower than the
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| | of death in the USA.
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| Streptococcus pneumoniae signs. The
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| | TREATING PNEUMONIA
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| bronchopneumonias primarily target the
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| | More often than not, antibiotics
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| bronchial tubes known as the bronchioles.
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| | effectively deal with the majority forms
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| Since these small tubes are located
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| | of bacterial pneumonia. For patients
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| nearest the lungs, they may become rather
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| | above 50 years, and for those suffering
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| dangerous. The bacteria that can cause
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| | from the most acute types of
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| bronchopneumonias are streptococci,
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| | pneumococcus, physicians generally
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| different types of staphylococci,
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| | recommend a vaccine. It also grants the
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| Haemophilus influenzae, Klebsiella
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| | people immunity against these virulent
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| pneumoniae, and pneumococcus besides the
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| | pneumonia states. The vaccine is further
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| bacterium causing the Legionnaires'
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| | given as an immunity measure to patients
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| disease, namely Legionella pneumophilia.
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| | who have chronic liver, lung or heart
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| PNEUMONIA FORMS
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| | ailments.
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