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Pneumonia Diagnosis

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PNEUMONIA DIAGNOSIS 1 Pneumonia Diagnosis Questions Name Institution PNEUMONIA DIAGNOSIS 2 Q1) Mucor is a group of fungi organisms that infect the human body through contact or inhalation. The chest X-ray, provided here, demonstrates left lower love consolidation. This feature is suggestive of pneumonia. Naturally, mucor exists in the air in the form of spores and predominantly exist in soil and in decomposing material. Mucor is easily contracted from the environment due to its availability in most environmental setups. (Murray, Girotto & Bennet, 2019) When people inhale the spores they are infected with mucor. Pulmonary mucor infection is the most common type of infection and it results from inhaling mucor spores. Pulmonary mucormycosis affects the lungs and has the potential of developing into pneumonia. The infection of mucormycosis is more prevalent in individuals with low immunity due to various factors. A person under medication that lowers immunity like cancer treatments are vulnerable to mucormycosis. People with organ transplants are also at a high risk of contracting mucor. Diseases like HIV reduce the body’s ability to fight germs and therefore expose people to f ...
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