Pneumonia: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment - WebMD Pneumonia is the infection and inflammation of air sacs in your lungs These air sacs, called alveoli, can fill with fluid or pus, causing a serious cough and fever
FAQs: Pneumonia (PNEU) Events | NHSN | CDC Q1: I am confused about the different lower respiratory tract events that have definitions in NHSN - VAE, PedVAE, PedVAP, PNEU, and LRI Can you explain to me how these do (or do not) relate to one another and where surveillance for each can be performed?