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Atypical pneumonia

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Atypical Pneumonia

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USMLE® Step 1 High Yield: Infectious Diseases: Pneumonia

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What is ATYPICAL PNEUMONIA? What does ATYPICAL PNEUMONIA mean? ATYPICAL PNEUMONIA meaning

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Pneumonia - Signs, Types, Causes, Atypical Pneumonia & Legionnaire's Disease

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Interstitial Pneumonia (Atypical) - Organisms & Characteristics

Atypical pneumonia, also known as walking pneumonia, is the type of pneumonia not caused by one of the pathogens most commonly associated with the disease. Its clinical presentation contrasts to that of "typical" pneumonia. A variety of microorganisms can cause it. When it develops independently from another disease it is called primary atypical pneumonia (PAP). The term was introduced in the 1930s and was contrasted with the bacterial pneumonia caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, at that time the best known and most commonly occurring form of pneumonia. The distinction was historically considered important, as it differentiated those more likely to present with "typical" respiratory symptoms and lobar pneumonia from those more likely to present with "atypical" generalized symptoms and bronchopneumonia.