The cytokine M-CSF promotes survival of lung and liver mononuclear phagocytes to mediate host defense during bacterial pneumonia, according to an experimental study published in The Journal of ...

· Crucial to find and aggressively treat secondary bacterial pneumonia in ICU patients CHICAGO --- Secondary bacterial infection of the lung (pneumonia) was extremely common in patients with COVID-19, ...

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Aspiration pneumonia is best considered not as a distinct entity but as part of a continuum that also includes community- and hospital-acquired pneumonias. It is estimated that aspiration pneumonia ...

Researchers have identified a specific T cell that produces cytokines necessary for immunity against fungal pathogens. The finding could hasten development of effective fungal vaccines. Fungal ...

Swiss drugmaker Novartis is enlisting another drug from its portfolio in the fight against Covid-19 – this time a monoclonal antibody used to treat autoimmune diseases. The Basel, Switzerland-based ...

Using low doses of radiation to treat the deadly inflammation of pneumonia, particularly viral pneumonia like that caused by COVID-19, was used during the first half of the 20 th century with good ...

Generally, those at greatest risk for serious complications from pneumonia have a weaker immune system or a condition or lifestyle factor that affects their lungs. Pneumonia is an infection of the ...

The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has infected around 229 million individuals and claimed more than 4.7 million lives worldwide. This pandemic is caused by severe acute ...