TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Zoonotic and Environmental Bacterial Pneumonias
A1  - Kotton, Camille Nelson
A1  - Heller, Howard M.
A2  - Grippi, Michael A.
A2  - Antin-Ozerkis, Danielle E.
A2  - Dela Cruz, Charles S.
A2  - Kotloff, Robert M.
A2  - Kotton, Camille Nelson
A2  - Pack, Allan I.
PY  - 2023
T2  - Fishman’s Pulmonary Diseases and Disorders, 6e
AB  - Many  different  microorganisms  can  infect  the  lung  parenchyma;  the  focus  in  this  chapter  is  pneumonias  caused  by  zoonoses,  environmental  pathogens,  and  other  unusual  bacterial  pathogens.  Making  a  clinical  diagnosis  of  pneumonia  is  relatively  easy;  defining  the  causative  agent  can  be  difficult.  Routes  of  spread  to  the  lungs  are  few,  clinical  presentations  overlap,  radiologic  appearance  often  is  nonspecific,  and  pathophysiologic  mechanisms  are  limited.  The  search  for  the  specific  etiologic  agent  is  driven  by  the  desire  to  administer  a  specific  antimicrobial  drug  as  soon  as  possible,  hopefully  avoiding  progressive  functional  impairment  and  containing  spread  to  other  individuals  or  to  a  community.  Identifying  a  pathogen  may,  in  turn,  expand  epidemiologic  considerations  and  public  health  awareness.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1206603741
ER  -