#pneumonia respiratory disease characterized by inflammation of the lung parenchyma (excluding the bronchi) with congestion caused by viruses or bacteria or irritants
supertype: #respiratory_disease__respiratorydisease__respiratory_disorder__respiratorydisorder a disease affecting the respiratory system
subtype: #bronchopneumonia__bronchial_pneumonia pneumonia characterized by acute inflammation of the walls of the bronchioles
subtype: #aspiration_pneumonia bronchopneumonia resulting from foreign material (usually vomit or food particles) entering the bronchi
subtype: #lobar_pneumonia pneumonia affecting one or more lobes of the lung; commonly due to streptococcal infection
subtype: #double_pneumonia lobar pneumonia involving both lungs
subtype: #Legionnaire's_disease acute (sometimes fatal) lobar pneumonia caused by bacteria of a kind first recognized after an outbreak of the disease at an American Legion convention in Philadelphia in 1976; characterized by fever and muscle and chest pain and headache and chills and a dry cough
subtype: #pneumococcal_pneumonia pneumonia caused by bacteria of the genus pneumococcus
subtype: #pneumocytosis__pneumocytosi__pneumocystis_pneumonia__pneumocystis_carinii_pneumonia__interstitial_plasma_cell_pneumonia pneumonia occurring in infants or in persons with impaired immune systems (as AIDS victims)
subtype: #pleuropneumonia pleurisy and pneumonia
subtype: #viral_pneumonia__viralpneumonia pneumonia caused by a virus
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