Bacterial Pneumonia
ArticleLast Updated August 201513 min readPeer Reviewed
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Bacterial pneumonia is a lung infection caused by gram-positive or -negative, aerobic or anaerobic bacteria.
Mixed infections are common.
Mycoplasma spp may be involved.
Bacterial pneumonia caused by atypical organisms such as Mycobacterium spp are not considered in this review.
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