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bronchopneumonia

[ UK /bɹˌɒnkənjuːmˈə‍ʊni‍ə/ ]
NOUN
  1. pneumonia characterized by acute inflammation of the walls of the bronchioles

How To Use bronchopneumonia In A Sentence

  • The most common type of pneumonia is bronchopneumonia, which affects the smallest airways in the lungs (the bronchioles).
  • Rhococcus equi, a gram-positive bacterium, is a facultative intracellular coccobacillus that causes bronchopneumonia in foals aged 1 to 6 months. PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • An inquest found she died of natural causes after contracting acute bronchopneumonia. The Sun
  • In severe exposure, necrosis of the respiratory epithelium leads to formation of a pseudomembrane, bronchial plugging, and bronchopneumonia.
  • General autopsy findings were significant for candidal bronchopneumonia and splenitis, hepatic granulomas consistent with chronic transfusion therapy, and bilateral renal glomerulosclerosis.
  • Enlarged and edematous lungs, consolidation, hemorrhage, bronchopneumonia, and acute bronchiolitis were also noted.
  • Sections showed early patchy bronchopneumonia, centriacinar emphysema, and desquamative interstitial pneumonitis.
  • Preventing bronchopneumonia after flu, and the deaths that stem from this, is the prime aim of injections. Times, Sunday Times
  • Most common finding is bronchopneumonia with patchy air-space areas of increased opacity.
  • Infection can slow recovery or cause diseases such as blood poisoning or bronchopneumonia a pneumonia involving inflammation of the lungs.
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