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Lung infection what is it and how is it different from pneumonia?

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Dr. Michael Depietro answered

Specializes in Pulmonary Critical Care

Not different: Pneumonia is a lung infection. A lung infection confined to just the larger air tubes in the lungs would be called bronchitis, one that spreads to the lower airway and air sacs is pneumonia.

Answered 11/7/2020

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