Pneumonia

Alternate Name:

Test:

Sputum M/C/S (+), WCC (H), B.culture (+ or -),cold agglutinins (+ with Mycoplasma)

Sign:

Bronchial breathing, crepitations, dull percussionnote, pericardial friction rub, hypoventilation, whispering pectoriloquy, vocal fremitus

Dd:

TB, psittacosis, Q fever, tularaemia, pulmonaryinfarct, atelectasis, subphrenic abscess, bran­chocenic carcinoma, bronchitis

Phys:

Acute infection of lungs due toStreptococcus pneumoniae or other bacteria