Nester's Microbiology: A Human Perspective
9th Edition
ISBN: 9781259709999
Author: Denise G. Anderson Lecturer, Sarah Salm, Deborah Allen
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 21, Problem 5SA
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The way alcoholism and cigarette smoking predisposes individual to pneumonia.
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Pneumonia is an infection, which primarily occurs in the lungs of individual wherein air sacs get inflamed in one or both lungs and get filled with fluid. The symptoms of this condition involvea cough with pus, chills, and difficulty in breathing. Bacteria and viruses are known to be the main causes of pneumonia.
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