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Bronchopneumonia is a subtype of pneumonia. It is the acute inflammation of the bronchi, accompanied by inflamed patches in the nearby lobules of the lungs. [1] It is often contrasted with lobar pneumonia; but, in clinical practice, the types are difficult to apply, as the patterns usually overlap. [2]
13 lip 2024 · Bronchopneumonia, also sometimes known as lobular pneumonia, is a radiological pattern associated with suppurative peribronchiolar inflammation and subsequent patchy consolidation of one or more secondary lobules of a lung in response to bacterial pneumonia.
19 kwi 2019 · Bronchopneumonia is a type of pneumonia that inflames the alveoli (tiny air sacs) inside the lungs. Someone with bronchopneumonia may have trouble breathing because their airways are...
25 lip 2023 · Bronchopneumonia is pneumonia that affects the bronchi of the lungs, causing inflammation. It often results from a bacterial infection, but viruses and fungi can also cause it.
Bronchopneumonia is acute neutrophilic inflammation centred on the airway conductive components of the lung with spillover into adjacent lung parenchyma. From: Diagnostic Histopathology, 2020
3 maj 2022 · Bronchopneumonia is a lower respiratory infection of the lungs that is commonly caused by bacteria such as Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) and is characterized by widespread inflammation of the lungs.
Bronchopneumonia occurs when infection leads to multiple discrete foci of consolidation within the lung, whereas lobar pneumonia is described when the area of consolidation is confined to the affected lobe which is diffusely involved.
