Beware this lung infection


A Chinese expert displays x-ray of SARS patients during a meeting with experts of the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Guangzhou, the capital city of Guangdong province in southern China, April 5, 2003. A team of WHO experts met with provincial health officials and recovered victims on Saturday as they continued their hunt for clues on the flu-like Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) which was first reported in the area. REUTERS/China Photo

Learn more about aspiration pneumonia, what causes it, and what to do if it happens to your child.

IN general, pneumonia is a term used to describe any infection in the lungs.

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