atypical pneumonia

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atypical pneumonia - an acute respiratory disease marked by high fever and coughing; caused by mycoplasma; primarily affecting children and young adults

mycoplasmal pneumonia, primary atypical pneumonia

respiratory disease, respiratory disorder, respiratory illness - a disease affecting the respiratory system

ornithosis, parrot fever, psittacosis - an atypical pneumonia caused by a rickettsia microorganism and transmitted to humans from infected birds

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Antibody response to a major human Pneumocystis carinii surface antigen in patients without evidence of immunosuppression and in patients with suspected atypical pneumonia.

Primary Pneumocystis infection in infants hospitalized with acute ... by Lundgren, Jens D. / Emerging Infectious Diseases

More than 200 nurses in Hong Kong are reported to have contracted Severe Adult Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), and at least one nurse has died, while working with patients with the atypical pneumonia.

SARS affecting nurses. (World) by Australian Nursing Journal

In Viet Nam, the outbreak began with a hospitalized case of atypical pneumonia of unknown origin.

United Nations workers grapple with SARS. (Global Health Threat) by Reinhardt, Erika / UN Chronicle

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