A MAN was diagnosed with a rare form of the ‘world’s deadliest disease’ – after his left testicle swelled to 15cm and started leaking pus. The 41-year-old had been ...

or getting a viral or bacterial infection in the upper airways,” he said. “Your doctor will do a good lung exam or order a chest X-ray to diagnose pneumonia.” It's different than bronchitis or a cold ...

The condition can be caused by bacteria that normally reside in the mouth or nasal passages, or triggered by non-infectious toxins that damage lung tissue. Chest X-rays and other tests can sometimes ...

Or you may have already had a pseudomonas infection and didn ... be hard to get rid of this bacteria completely. P. aeruginosa is also linked to a decline in lung function in people with CF.

Pneumonia is usually the result of a bacterial or viral infection and you can catch pneumonia from someone who already has it, as you can with the common cold.

Results: A potential causative agent was found in 215 (85%) of the 254 cases. Bacterial infection was found in 71% of 137 children with alveolar infiltrates on the chest radiograph, while 72% of the ...

The finding could be particularly important to the study and treatment of diseases such as cystic fibrosis, in which the mucus that lines the lungs becomes more concentrated, often causing bacterial ...

For the first time Australian researchers have identified how exposure to smoking may cause a deadly lung disease that claims thousands of lives every year.

"We've discovered that when many bacteria grow in fluids containing spaghetti-like molecules called polymers, such as mucus in the lungs, they form cable-like structures that intertwine like ...