Atypical pneumonia is an infection of the respiratory system. It is often called walking pneumonia. Doctors diagnose and treat pneumonia based on the type of organism causing the infection. Symptoms ...

Walking pneumonia is typically a milder version of pneumonia. Symptoms may be similar to those of the common cold. In some cases, it can cause serious illness. Walking pneumonia is an infection that ...

Although often independently classified, the diagnosis of pneumonia acquired in the community and pneumonia acquired in the hospital share many common features. Clinical suspicion should rest on a ...

SEVERAL observers 1–4 have reported cases of acute anemia occurring in patients with primary atypical pneumonia who have developed high titers of cold agglutinins (autohemagglutinins). Since all these ...

Pneumonia is inflammation or swelling in the lungs in which the air sacs fill with pus and other fluids, making it difficult for oxygen to reach the blood. Pneumonia can be typical or atypical.