Question: what is the difference between bronchopneumonia and lobar pneumonia?
Answer: Bronchopneumonia: Characterized by patchy foci of consolidation (pus in many alveoli and adjacent air passages) scattered in one or more lobes of one or both lungs. Refer to Figure 15-17 in your textbook. Lobar pneumonia: Characterized by an acute inflammation of the entire lobe or lung.