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• Published Subscription Review Article 25 Jan 2026

  Shadows of Uncertainty: When Pneumonia Isn’t Pneumonia

  By Likith Ashok Gandhi, Pruthu Dhekane, Bharat Purandare, Prayag Parkishit, Rasika Joshi, Riddima Shah, Sarvesh Bhimavat

  Abstract: Pneumonia is a common medical condition encountered in hospitalized patients and remains a cause of morbidity worldwide. Identifying and initiating appropriate treatment in febrile patients who present with respiratory symptoms and radiographic infiltrates, reduce hospital stay, minimize complications, and lower healthcare costs. However, the assumption that every pulmonary infiltrate or opacity seen on a radiological imaging represents an infectious process such as pneumonia can lead to misdiagnosis, unnecessary investigations, prolonged …

  Published in International Journal of Pathogens · Vol. 3, Issue 1, 2026 · pp. 24–29 Read article →