Common Causes And Risk Factors Of A Pneumothorax

Pneumonia

An individual affected by pneumonia may develop secondary spontaneous pneumothorax as a complication. More cases of secondary spontaneous pneumothorax precipitated by pneumonia have been reported in children than in adults. The form of pneumonia known to cause pneumothorax is bacterial pneumonia. Pneumothorax can occur due to pneumonia that developed when the streptococcus bacteria, staphylococcus bacteria, and other types of bacteria colonize in the patient's lung tissues. A pneumothorax can develop when fluid begins to build up between the pleura and chest wall as a result of the quantity of fluid present inside of the lung tissues. When the pressure in the pleural space around the patient's lung becomes more than that of the air entering the air sacs in the lungs, the organ can collapse in on itself.

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