Pathophysiology: Pneumonia is the inflammation of the lung caused by bacteria, virus, or mycoplasma infections. Typical pneumonia is bacterial, and can be classified as lobar pneumonia or Bronchopneumonia. Typical Pneumonia usually has a sudden onset of signs and symptoms such as malaise, high fever, productive cough, and pleuritic pain along with elevated WBC count and consolidation in a chest x-ray (Voss, J.A., n.d.).