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What does bronchopneumonia mean?

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Noun
  1. (medicine) A bacterial infection of the lungs, characteristically showing numerous small foci of infection.
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Gross and microscopic examination revealed bronchopneumonia and arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
Enlarged and edematous lungs, consolidation, hemorrhage, bronchopneumonia, and acute bronchiolitis were also noted.
The lung showed focal bronchopneumonia, multiple thrombi, and focal hemorrhagic infarcts.
Most common finding is bronchopneumonia with patchy air-space areas of increased opacity.
In severe exposure, necrosis of the respiratory epithelium leads to formation of a pseudomembrane, bronchial plugging, and bronchopneumonia.
Sections showed early patchy bronchopneumonia, centriacinar emphysema, and desquamative interstitial pneumonitis.

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