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Mycoplasmal pneumonia: Streptococcal pneumonia: Klebsiella pneumoniae: Pneumonia can also result from inhalation of oil droplets,
which scar the lung surfaces. This type of disease occurs most frequently in
workers who are exposed to large quantities of oily mist frequently. Oil that
is being swallowed may be breathed into the respiratory tract, and since the lungs are physically injured it may come from the body itself. The presence of the oil results in scar tissue. Ordinarily no treatment is
necessary. Inflammation of lung tissues may result from X-ray treatment of
structures within the chest. Within 1 to 16 weeks the disease makes its appearance,
after being exposed to X rays has been concluded. Unless too great an
area of lung tissue is involved, recovery will be usual.
It
is caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae, an extremely small organism, usually
affects children and young adults. Mycoplasmal pneumoniae grows on the mucous
membrane that lines the surfaces of internal lung structures; it does not
invade the deeper tissues—muscle fibres, elastic fibres, or nerves. The
bacteria can produce an oxidizing agent that might be responsible for some cell
damage. Usually the organism does not invade the membrane that surrounds the
lungs, but it does sometimes inflame the bronchi and alveoli.
It is caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae,
is the single most common form of pneumonia, especially in hospitalized
patients. The bacteria may live in the bodies of healthy persons and cause
disease only after resistance has been lowered by other illness or infection.
Viral infections like common cold results in excessive secretion of fluids in the respiratory tract causing streptococcal pneumonia. These fluids
provide an environment for these bacterias to flourish. This is generally considered to be more
severe illness than mycoplasmal pneumonia, although most patients recover with
antibiotic treatment.
It has
little ability to infect the lungs of healthy persons, produces a highly lethal
pneumonia that occurs almost exclusively in hospitalized patients with impaired
immunity. Other bacterial pneumonias include Legionnaires' disease,
caused by Legionella pneumophilia; pneumonia secondary to other illnesses
caused by Staphylococcus aureus and Hemophilus influenzae; and psittacosis, an atypical infectious form. One of the major causes of death among
AIDS patients has been Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.
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