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Pneumonia Testing Market – Overview
Pneumonia is a lung infection caused by bacteria, viruses or fungi, primarily affecting the small sir sacs
known as alveoli. The most common bacterial type that causes pneumonia is Streptococcus pneumoniae.
The symptoms for pneumonia include, fever, chills, cough, shortness of breath and fatigue. To detect
whether, a person has pneumonia are blood tests, chest X-ray, pulse oximetry, and Sputum test. Further, if
the patients is older than age 65, additional tests are included for detection of pneumonia. For instance, CT
scan, Pleural fluid culture.
The blood tests are used to confirm an infection and to try to identify the type of organism causing the
infection, but however precise identification is not always possible through the blood tests. Further, the
chest X-ray also helps the doctor to diagnose pneumonia and determine the extent and location of the
infection. The chest X-ray can also detect the kind of germ is causing pneumonia. The pulse oximetry test
is performed to measure the oxygen level in the blood, as Pneumonia can prevents lungs from moving
enough oxygen into the bloodstream. Besides all these test the sputum test is used to analyses or pinpoint
the cause of the infection with the sample of fluid from lungs, which is taken after deep cough.