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Pneumonia is an inflammation or infection of the lungs most commonly caused by a bacteria or virus. Pneumonia can also be caused by inhaling vomit or other foreign substances.

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it can be a bacteria or a virus depending on what kind of pneumonia it is

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pneumonia is a virus caused by bacteria

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Is pneumonia caused by a virus or bacteria?

a bacteria. the bacteria that causes pneumonia is called pneumoniae.


Is pneumonia caused by bacteria or virus?

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Is pneumonia a microbe?

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Is pneumonia communiabe disease?

It depends on which type of bacteria or virus is causing the pneumonia. Some are more, or less, communicable than others.


Is walking pneumonia a bacteria or virus?

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Pneumonia in a sentence?

Pneumonia is an inflammation or infection of the lungs most commonly caused by a bacteria or virus.