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Medicina: Ematologia: Talassemie e trapianto del midollo osseo
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| Bacterial pneumonia is caused by a pathogenic infection of the lungs and may present as a primary disease process or as the final coup de grace in the individual who is already debilitated. Bacteria from the upper airways or, less commonly, from hematogenous spread, find their way to the lung parenchyma. Once there, a combination of factors (including virulence of the infecting organism, status of the local defenses, and overall health of the patient) may lead to bacterial pneumonia. The patient may be made more susceptible to infection because of an overall impairment of the immune response (eg, HIV infection, chronic disease, advanced age) and/or dysfunction of defense mechanisms (eg, smoking, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [COPD], tumors, inhaled toxins, aspiration). |
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| Left untreated, bacterial pneumonia may have an overall mortality rate of more than 30%. The individual´s risk of mortality is dependent on the particular infectious agent and host response. Even with appropriate treatment, the risk of mortality may be high if the host is ill or infirm. |
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| Haemopoiesis |
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| Thalassemias |
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| Therapies |
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| Interstitial pneumonia |
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| Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation, follow-up |
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| Polmonite da batteri |
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