Physiology 4200A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Histoplasma, Pseudomonas Aeruginosa, Haemophilus Influenzae

• School: Western University
• Department: Physiology
• Course: Physiology 4200A/B
• Professor: Ruud Veldhuizen

Document Summary

Pneumonia is an acute infection of the lung caused many different pathogens (bacteria, virus, or fungi) leading to potentially severe inflammation. (immunocompromised). Major cause of mortality in susceptible patients, especially in the young and old. It is detected by the innate immune system epithelial and macrophages limits the infection and activated ongoing inflammation throughout the lung. If not controlled, pneumonia feeds back into a disease called ards. It is also one of the major causes of sepsis in hospitals. With luck, inflammatory cells of the lungs fight of the infection and inflammation goes away. In most of us, this is the case. It is the 4th leading cause of death worldwide (developing and developed). It is a more common cause of death in developing countries. In canada, it ranks at the 8th leading cause of mortality. If you go to the hospital very frequently (chemotherapy, dialysis, or you are a resident at a nursing home), this is hcap.