double pneumonia

n (Pathology) pneumonia affecting both lungs

dou′ble pneumo′nia

n. pneumonia affecting both lungs.

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Noun

double pneumonia - lobar pneumonia involving both lungslobar pneumonia - pneumonia affecting one or more lobes of the lung; commonly due to streptococcal infection

double pneumonia

dou·ble pneu·mo·ni·a

lobar pneumonia involving both lungs.

double pneumonia

n. Pneumonia affecting both lungs.

(1) An obsolete term for bilateral lobar pneumonia, a now rare condition
(2) Mixed viral-bacterial pneumonia, in which one follows another—e.g., Staphylococcus aureus, infection—causing a 100-fold enhancement of infectivity and increased multiplication rate of influenza viruses, by producing a hemagglutinin-cleaving enzyme
Prognosis Mortality up to 42%

double pneumonia

1. An obsolete term for bilateral lobar pneumonia, a now rare condition.2. Mixed viral-bacterial pneumonia, where one follows another–eg, Staphylococcus aureus, infection, causing a 100-fold enhancement of infectivity and ↑ multiplication rate of influenza viruses, by producing a hemagglutinin-cleaving enzyme Prognosis Mortality up to 42%.

dou·ble pneu·mo·ni·a

(dŭb'ĕl nū-mō'nē-ă) Lobar pneumonia involving both lungs.

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noun lobar pneumonia involving both lungs

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