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Ventilator-associated pneumonia
Hospital-acquired pneumonia
Community-acquired pneumonia
Occult pneumonia
Idiopathic pneumonia syndrome
Ventilator-associated lung injury
Aspiration pneumonia
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome