Atypical pneumonia

ATYPICAL PNEUMONIA - This refers to a type of pneumonia that does not follow the typical signs and symptoms of pneumonia. A number of different viral and bacterial agents have been identified which can cause this form of respiratory infection..
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Atypical pneumonia
Definition:
Atypical pneumonia refers to pneumonia caused by certain bacteria -- namely, Legionella pneumophila, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, and Chlamydophila pneumoniae.
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Atypical pneumonias can affect otherwise healthy people who have close contact with one another. Pneumonia caused by M.
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Atypical pneumonia is usually a flu-like illness caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae. Legionnaire's disease may also cause atypical pneumonia. In addition, this term is used to describe cases of pneumonia caused by viruses, fungi, or parasites.
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Atypical pneumonia
Some types of pneumonia are known as atypical pneumonia.
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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), the atypical pneumonia virus dubbed the "killer bug" or "mystery pneumonia", is continuing to be investigated by scientists worldwide and affect individuals in the Far East.
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2003, the World Health Organization first noted reports of cases of atypical pneumonia from China, but Chinese officials did not begin cooperating fully with international experts until April.
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Other bacteria such as Mycoplasma and Legionella, as well as certain viruses, also can cause pneumonia, which is often called atypical pneumonia because these less common infections do not always cause all of the classic pneumonia symptoms.
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WHO (the World Health Organization) recommends the use of isolation and barrier nursing techniques with patients who have atypical pneumonia and any possible links to the outbreaks, and that suspect cases be reported to national health authorities.
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Later that month, the CDC began to work with the World Health Organization (WHO) to investigate the cause(s) of SARS and to develop guidelines for infection control. SARS has been described as an "atypical pneumonia of unknown etiology; ...
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