All total, the research team noted a 38.8 percent reduction in chest X-rays in the investigational arm compared to no reduction in the control arm, with no missed pneumonia cases and no increase ...

“When you get a pneumonia parts of your lungs may fill up with fluid and parts that should be black or dark on an X-ray look white.” White lung pneumonia can be caused by a wide range of things.

More Valley Fever, a pneumonia-like illness that’s caused by inhaling a fungal spore called coccidioides, is expected to spread across the western U.S., as drier climates create hospitable ...

Tulane University researchers have developed a CRISPR-based test that diagnoses Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP)—a life-threatening fungal infection primarily affecting children and ...

All of the patients were then given a chest x-ray to see how accurate the doctors' diagnoses were. Of those 72 initial diagnoses, the x-rays showed 31 did not have pneumonia.

(HealthDay News) — Many general practitioners prescribe antibiotics for suspected community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) even when chest radiograph (CR) results are negative, according to a study ...