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Reviewed Resources:
1.ILD Support and Information
Support group, forum and weekly chat for people suffering from any of the more than 130 known rare lung conditions which are categorized as interstitial or idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
URL:http://users.eastlink.ca/~mbw/
2.Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
Issues, recommendations, appendices, tables and references related to the prevention of nosocomial pneumonia.
URL:http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hip/pneumonia/pneu_mmw.htm
3.e-Pneumonia.com
Information about the causes and treatments of pneumonia. Part of the ALtruis Biomedical Network.
URL:http://www.e-pneumonia.com
4.E-Medicine
Article about bacterial pneumonia, which is caused by a pathogenic infection of the lungs.
URL:http://www.emedicine.com/EMERG/topic465.htm
5.Dr Epler
Symptoms and treatment for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and the chronic interstitial pneumonias. Scientific reviews of sarcoidosis, bronchiolar diseases and occupational lung disease.
URL:http://www.epler.com
6.Health A to Z
Information via question and answer format about pneumonia and bronchitis, including risk factors, symptoms and treatment.
URL:http://www.healthatoz.com/atoz/pneumonia/pneuindex.html
7.Canadian Lung Association.
Information about the types of pneumonia, causes, prevention and treatment.
URL:http://www.lung.ca/pneumonia/
8.American Lung Association
Definition, descriptions of different types of pneumonia, duration, prevention and treatment.
URL:http://www.lungusa.org/diseases/lungpneumoni.html
9.Mayo Clinic: Pneumonia
A description of the disease plus complications, risk factors, diagnosis and treatment.
URL:http://www.mayoclinic.com/home?id=5.1.1.16.8
10.Medstudents: An Overview
General considerations about pneumonia , giving importance to prevalent agents in different groups of patients.
URL:http://www.medstudents.com.br/pneumo/pneumo6/pneumo6.htm
11.Pneumococcal Infections
Recognizing, treating, and preventing infections caused by streptococcus pneumoniae. Consumer information about pneumonia, otitis, bloodstream infections, and meningitis caused by streptococcus pneumoniae. Information about vaccines and antibiotic treatment.
URL:http://www.nfid.org/library/pneumococcal
12.Pneumonia.Net
Information about bacterial and viral pneumonia and its diagnosis, prevention and treatment, plus facts about respiratory diseases, pneumonia in children, the pneumonia vaccine and herbal remedies.
URL:http://www.pneumonia.net/
13.Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia (PCP)
Information resources on this common AIDS-related infection and its treatment from TheBody.com.
URL:http://www.thebody.com/treat/pcp.html
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