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Alternative Names
Anaerobic pneumonia; Aspiration of vomitus; Necrotizing pneumonia; Aspiration pneumonitis
Symptoms:
- Bluish discoloration of the skin caused by lack of oxygen
- Chest pain
- Cough
- With foul-smelling phlegm (sputum)
- With sputum containing pus or blood
- With greenish sputum
- Fatigue
- Fever
- Shortness of breath
- Wheezing
Other symptoms that can occur with this disease:
Signs and tests:
A physical examination may reveal crackling sounds in the lungs and a rapid pulse (heart rate).
The following tests may also help diagnose this condition:
- Arterial blood gas
- Blood culture
- Bronchoscopy
- Chest x-ray
- Complete blood count (CBC)
- CT scan of the chest
- Sputum culture
- Swallowing studies
- Reviewed last on: 3/17/2009
- David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; and Jatin M. Vyas, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Assistant in Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
References
Limper AH. Overview of pneumonia. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D. Cecil Textbook of Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 97.
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