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aspiration pneumonia

Disease Summary
Associated Targets (1)
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Mondo Description A type of lung inflammation resulting from the aspiration of food, liquid, or gastric contents into the upper respiratory tract.
Disease Ontology Description A bacterial pneumonia which is an acute pulmonary inflammatory response that develops after the inhalation of colonized oropharyngeal material containing bacteria. It is seen in individuals with dysphagia and gastric dysmotility. The disease has symptom tachypnea and has symptom cough.
Mondo Term and Equivalent IDs
MONDO:0000265:  aspiration pneumonia
MESH:D011015: 
SCTID:422588002: 
UMLS:C0032290: 
UMLS:C0085740: