Author: Sam Killian, MD

Educational Pearls:

• Being exposed to E-cigarette vapor may increase risk of pneumonia.
• Recent study has shown e-cigarette vapor increases quantities of Platelet-activating-receptor factor in epithelial cells, which may aid pneumococcal bacteria in entering pneumocytes.

References:

Miyashita L, et al. (2018). E-cigarette vapour enhances pneumococcal adherence to airway epithelial cells. The European Respiratory Journal. 7;51(2).