Diseases of the lungs, bronchi and pleura (pulmonology)

Mycoplasma pneumonias

Mycoplasmas are a special type of microorganism. They do not have a cell wall. In morphology and cellular organization, mycoplasmas are similar to L-forms of bacteria, and in size they are close to viruses.

Pneumonias caused by legionellae: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

Currently, more than 30 types of legionella have been described, 19 of which cause pneumonia in humans. The most common is Legionella pneumophila. Legionella pneumophila was first isolated in 1977. This microorganism was named after the American Legion, among whose conference participants an epidemic of pneumonia broke out.

Pneumonia caused by pseudomonas bacillus.

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen that is one of the most common causative agents of hospital pneumonia. Most often, this pneumonia develops in patients with burns, purulent wounds, urinary tract infections, in the postoperative period, in patients who have undergone major heart and lung surgery.

Pneumonia caused by Haemophilus influenzae: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

Haemophilus Influenzae (Afanasyev-Pfeiffer hemophilus) is a common causative agent of community-acquired pneumonia. Hemophilus influenzae often lives on the mucous membrane of the upper respiratory tract, can penetrate into the lower respiratory tract and cause an exacerbation of chronic bronchitis.

Friedlander's pneumonia: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

Friedlander's pneumonia, caused by Klebsiella (K.pneumoniae), is rare in people who were previously completely healthy. Most often, this pneumonia develops in people with a decreased activity of the immune system, weakened by some other serious diseases, exhausted, as well as in infants, the elderly, alcoholics and with neutropenia, decompensated diabetes mellitus.

Streptococcus pneumoniae: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

Streptococcal pneumonia is rare. It can be caused by both group A beta-hemolytic streptococci and other types of streptococci. Streptococcal pneumonia usually develops as a complication of influenza, measles, chickenpox, and whooping cough.

Staphylococcus pneumoniae

Staphylococcal destruction of the lungs (bullous form) is the most common form. It is characterized by the fact that already during the first days of the disease, against the background of non-homogeneous infiltration of the lung, destruction cavities with thin walls - "staphylococcal bullae" - are formed.

Pneumococcal pneumonia

Str.pneumomae is the most common causative agent of pneumonia. About 5-25% of healthy people are carriers of pneumococcus, primarily children.

Bronchiectatic disease

Bronchiectatic disease is a chronic acquired, and in some cases congenital disease, characterized by a local suppurative process (purulent endobronchitis) in irreversibly altered (dilated, deformed) and functionally defective bronchi, mainly in the lower parts of the lungs.

Cystic fibrosis

Cystic fibrosis is a genetic autosomal recessive monogenic disease characterized by a disorder of secretion of exocrine glands of vital organs with damage primarily to the respiratory and digestive systems, severe course and unfavorable prognosis.