Difference between revisions of "Pneumonia"

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-'''Pneumonia''' is inflammation of the lung and grouped with the [[medical lung diseases]].
+'''Pneumonia''' is inflammation of the lung, which includes infectious and non-infectious etiologies.
-There are various types of pneumonia.
+It is a subset of the [[medical lung diseases]].  This article primarily deals with the infectious pneumonias.  [[Idiopathic interstitial pneumonia]]s are discussed very briefly and dealt with in detail in the ''[[diffuse lung diseases]]'' article.
 =Infectious pnemonia=