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Bacterial pneumonia can affect any age group, gender, or race and has no significant relation to family history. It tends to affect men more often than women, and is more common in African Americans compared to Caucasians. Socioeconomic status is an important contributing factors and may explain the increased prevalence rate in low to middle income nations.<ref name="pmid27633638">{{cite journal| author=Roomaney RA, Pillay-van Wyk V, Awotiwon OF, Dhansay A, Groenewald P, Joubert JD | display-authors=etal| title=Epidemiology of lower respiratory infection and pneumonia in South Africa (1997-2015): a systematic review protocol. | journal=BMJ Open | year= 2016 | volume= 6 | issue= 9 | pages= e012154 | pmid=27633638 | doi=10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012154 | pmc=5030548 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=27633638 }} </ref> | Bacterial pneumonia can affect any age group, gender, or race and has no significant relation to family history. It tends to affect men more often than women, and is more common in African Americans compared to Caucasians. Socioeconomic status is an important contributing factors and may explain the increased prevalence rate in low to middle income nations.<ref name="pmid27633638">{{cite journal| author=Roomaney RA, Pillay-van Wyk V, Awotiwon OF, Dhansay A, Groenewald P, Joubert JD | display-authors=etal| title=Epidemiology of lower respiratory infection and pneumonia in South Africa (1997-2015): a systematic review protocol. | journal=BMJ Open | year= 2016 | volume= 6 | issue= 9 | pages= e012154 | pmid=27633638 | doi=10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012154 | pmc=5030548 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=27633638 }} </ref> | ||
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== Risk Factors == | |||
Common risk factors in the development of bacterial pneumonia include:<br /> | |||
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Overview
Bacterial pneumonia can affect any age group, gender, or race and has no significant relation to family history. It tends to affect men more often than women, and is more common in African Americans compared to Caucasians. Socioeconomic status is an important contributing factors and may explain the increased prevalence rate in low to middle income nations.[1]
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Risk Factors
Common risk factors in the development of bacterial pneumonia include:
- Age; Infants and geriatric patients greater than 65 years[2]
- Comorbidities[3]
- Smoking[4]
- Excessive alcohol intake[2]
- Immunosuppresion (eg, HIV, use of corticosteroids that may be iatrogenic)[2]
- Males[5]
- African Americans[5]
References
- ↑ Roomaney RA, Pillay-van Wyk V, Awotiwon OF, Dhansay A, Groenewald P, Joubert JD; et al. (2016). "Epidemiology of lower respiratory infection and pneumonia in South Africa (1997-2015): a systematic review protocol". BMJ Open. 6 (9): e012154. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012154. PMC 5030548. PMID 27633638.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "StatPearls". 2021. PMID 28613500.
- ↑ Alshahwan SI, Alsowailmi G, Alsahli A, Alotaibi A, Alshaikh M, Almajed M; et al. (2019). "The prevalence of complications of pneumonia among adults admitted to a tertiary care center in Riyadh from 2010-2017". Ann Saudi Med. 39 (1): 29–36. doi:10.5144/0256-4947.2019.29. PMC 6464674. PMID 30712048.
- ↑ Baskaran V, Murray RL, Hunter A, Lim WS, McKeever TM (2019). "Effect of tobacco smoking on the risk of developing community acquired pneumonia: A systematic review and meta-analysis". PLoS One. 14 (7): e0220204. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0220204. PMC 6638981 Check
|pmc=value (help). PMID 31318967. - ↑ 5.0 5.1 "StatPearls". 2021. PMID 30020693.