As cold and flu season ramps up, cases of pneumonia are up too. Here are the different types of pneumonia to look out for as the winter months settle in. This chest x-ray shows more opacity next to ...

A recent review looked at 2 types of eosinophilic pneumonia: acute eosinophilic pneumonia and chronic eosinophilic pneumonia. A recent review examined the etiology, clinical manifestation, and ...

Pneumonia is a common lung infection that can make breathing difficult and, in some cases, become life-threatening. It happens when the air sacs in the lungs fill with fluid or pus. Each year, about ...

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 ...

Aspiration pneumonia is a type of pneumonia caused by the accidental infiltration of food or other substances from the mouth or stomach into the lungs. The condition can be caused by bacteria that ...

Pneumonia causes more than 1 million hospitalizations and 50,000 deaths per year in the U.S., according to the American Lung Association. Pneumonia is an infection that inflames the air sacs in one or ...

The revelation that Hillary Clinton was diagnosed with pneumonia has everyone frantically checking WebMD to figure out how serious it is. Should she have been working? Why didn't her campaign announce ...

Antibiotics for pneumonia include Zithromax (azithromycin), Biaxin (clarithromycin), and Erythrocin (erythromycin). Azithromycin is often the first-line treatment since it is effective against many ...

This article was medically reviewed by Raj Dasgupta, M.D., an assistant professor of clinical medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and a member of the Prevention Medical Review Board, on ...

Original Medicare (Parts A and B) and Medicare Advantage (Part C) cover the full cost of the pneumonia vaccine if you're 65 or older. If you're under the age of 65, you may get a free pneumonia ...