Bacteria & the Lungs
Below are our 6 articles in the bacteria & the lungs' category:
Legionnaire’s disease is caused by the bacterium Legionella pneumophila. This causes upper respiratory infections that sometimes resemble pneumonia...
Tuberculosis was a massive scourge in the ancient world. Archaeologists have found evidence of TB in human remains as old as 7000 years. It is...
Psittacosis is a bacterial infection that affects birds, predominantly parrots, but also other exotic species such as budgies, cockatiels and...
Pneumonia is a medical term used to describe lung inflammation. This can be due to a wide variety of causes only one of which is a bacterial...
Diphtheria is caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae. This disease is a severe childhood infectious disease that has a fatality rate of...
In affluent, industrialised countries like the UK, yes, the incidence of whooping cough is now much lower than it used to be. Up until the 1950s,...
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