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Pneumonia , what blood test are done to test?
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Pneumonia: I do not know any physician who would diagnose pneumonia based upon blood tests. Pneumonia is diagnosed foremost by listening to the history and then listening to the lungs with the stethoscope.
Answered 1/8/2015
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