title: Overwhelming pneumonia.
abstract: Overwhelming pneumonia may be caused by a large number of different organisms in both immunocompetent and compromised hosts. In this article, the most common etiologies of overwhelming pneumonia are considered from an epidemiologic and clinical point of view.
mesh_terms: D000881:Anthrax / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000175:diagnosis; D007710:Klebsiella Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D007877:Legionnaires' Disease / Q000175:diagnosis; D010930:Plague / Q000175:diagnosis; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D011018:Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / Q000175:diagnosis; D011020:Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / Q000175:diagnosis; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000628:therapy; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis