MODEL RELEASED. Father with baby son with pneumonia. Father comforting his 21-month-old baby son who has pneumonia and is being cared for in hospital. Pneumonia is a bacterial infection,most commonly caused by the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae. The alveoli (the air sacs of the lungs) become blocked with pus and solidify. Symptoms include coughing,accompanied by chest pain. Treatment is by the use of antibiotic drugs. This child has had a chest drain (tube) placed in his left side to drain excess fluid that has accumulated in the pleural cavity,the fluid-filled space around the lungs. This is most commonly a pleural empyema | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / Ashfield, Samuel |
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