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2. Cases of Atypical Pneumonia — Also Known as ‘Walking ...

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   The U.S. Centers for Disease Control announced an increase in pediatric cases of “walking pneumonia” A spike happens “every couple of years,” Dr. Matthew Isaac Harris, pediatric emergency ...

3. Walking pneumonia cases are skyrocketing in kids this year - AOL

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   More young children are catching walking pneumonia this year, ... those numbers rose from 3.6 percent to 7.4 percent. ... Babies younger than a year old are at greatest risk of getting whooping ...

4. Cases of walking pneumonia are surging in kids this year, CDC ...

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   Doctors tend to see spikes of Mycoplasma pneumonia every 3 to 7 years, as people lose their immunity to the virus, Creech said. “Sometimes you just have a bad year, combined with not noticing it ...

5. Pneumonia - Wikipedia

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   Pneumonia believed to be due to bacteria is treated with antibiotics. [11] If the pneumonia is severe, the affected person is generally hospitalized. [20] Oxygen therapy may be used if oxygen levels are low. [11] Each year, pneumonia affects about 450 million people globally (7% of the population) and results in about 4 million deaths.

6. Viral pneumonia - Wikipedia

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   There are roughly 450 million cases of pneumonia every year. Of those case, viral pneumonia counts for about 200 million cases which includes about 100 million children and 100 million adults. [14] Viral pneumonia is more prevalent in the very young, less than 5 years old, and in the very old, more than 75 years old. [14] Developing countries ...

7. Pneumococcal infection - Wikipedia

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   There is an association between pneumococcal pneumonia and influenza. Damage to the lining of the airways (respiratory epithelium) and upper respiratory system caused by influenza may facilitate pneumococcal entry and infection. [6] Influenza also modifies the innate immune system into a state more accommodating to pneumococcal infections. [7]