An inflammatory exudate caused by pneumococcus causing the affected lung to appear solid is called
A) alveolar pneumonia
B) viral pneumonia
C) bronchopneumonia
D) interstitial pneumonia

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Alveolar,or air-space,pneumonia,exemplified by pneumococcal pneumonia,is produced by an organism that causes an inflammatory exudate that replaces air in the alveoli so that the affected part of the lung no longer contains air,but rather appears solid,or radiopaque.

An Inflammatory Exudate Caused by Pneumococcus Causing the Affected Lung