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Pneumonia
Pulmonology · Respiratory
Severe
Severity
Common — a leading cause of hospitalisation and death among young children and the elderly in India
Prevalence
Yes
Contagious
Pulmonology
Specialist
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1Most commonly caused by bacterial infection
- 2particularly Streptococcus pneumoniae
- 3though viruses including influenza and respiratory syncytial virus
- 4and less commonly fungi
- 5can also cause pneumonia. Infection typically occurs when the causative organism is inhaled or aspirated into the lungs
- 6overwhelming the body's usual respiratory defences. Risk is heightened in young children
- 7older adults
- 8smokers
- 9and individuals with chronic lung disease
- 10weakened immunity
- 11or recent viral respiratory infection.
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