| pneumococcus |
The bacteria that most often cause pneumonia. About 40,000 pneumonia deaths in the United States each year can be traced to Streptococcus pneumonia.
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| Pneumocystis carinii |
pneumonia: A type of pneumonia (lung inflammation) caused by a microbe called Pneumocystiscarinii, seen in people with impaired immunity
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| pneumonia |
An infection in the lungs.
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| pneumococcal vaccine |
A killed or weakened form of the pneumococcus bacteria that is given in order to increase a person's immunity to the pneumonia-causing bacteria.
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| pneumonic plague |
A frequently fatal form of bubonic plague in which the lungs are infected and the disease is transmissible by coughing. [Heritage]
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