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Community-Acquired Pneumonia - Coggle Diagram
Community-Acquired Pneumonia
Risk
Air pollution
Agriculture
Zoonotic
Poultry farm
Goat farm
Risk group
age >65 years
COPD
Poor hygiene
exposure to cigarette smoke
alcoholism
Define
Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs caused by viral or bacterial
Treatment
Antibiotics
Amoxicillin
Doxycycline
Co-amoxiclav
Examinations
Urinary antigen tests
S.pneumoniae
Legionella pneumophila
PCR
Influenza A
Influenza B
Symptoms
Cough
Fever
Chills
fatigue
Dyspnea
Chest pain
Solve
The government has announced to reduce the high particulate matter emissions from poultry farms.
Result
The percentage of positive urine antigen tests for Streptococcus pneumoniae of patients living within two kilometers of goat or poultry farms was slightly higher than patients living further away from those farms.
The increased abundance of S. pneumoniae in CAP patients living close to a poultry farm suggests that farm emissions such as particulate matter and endotoxin may be involved in alterations of the upper respiratory tract microbiota composition, possibly leading to increased risk of infection