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Is it possible for pneumonia to be cured by a lung transplant?
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Yes --but never done: Pneumonia is an infection or inflammation of the lung tissue. While a transplant would cure it (depending on type), if you don't treat the underlying cause -- it will just affect the newly transplanted organ also. This is not a good use of a very scarce resource.
Answered 3/27/2014
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