Disease or Syndrome
bacterial pneumonia
bac·te·ri·al pneu·mo·nia [ bak-teer-ee-uhl, -al noo-mohn-yuh, -moh-nee-uh, nyoo- ]
Subclass of:
Bacterial Infections; Pneumonia
Definitions related to pneumonia, bacterial:
  • (bacterial pneumonia) Acute infection of the lung parenchyma caused by bacteria (e.g., Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, Chlamydia pneumoniae, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, and Legionella pneumophila). Signs and symptoms include productive cough, fever, chills, shortness of breath, and chest pain.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (bacterial pneumonia) Pneumonia caused by various species of bacteria; commonly results from bronchogenic spread of infection following microaspiration of secretions.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Inflammation of the lung parenchyma that is caused by bacterial infections.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Pneumonia can be generally defined as an infection of the lung parenchyma, in which consolidation of the affected part and a filling of the alveolar air spaces with exudate, inflammatory cells, and fibrin is characteristic. Infection by bacteria or viruses is the most common cause, although infection by other micro-orgamisms such as...
    Medscape
    WebMD, 2019
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