Foodborne disease outbreaks caused by Bacillus cereus, Clostridium perfringens, and Staphylococcus aureus--United States, 1998-2008. Bennett SD(1), Walsh KA, Gould LH. Author information: (1)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd, MS C-09, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA. iyk3@cdc.gov.
1 Rales: Small clicking, bubbling, or rattling sounds in the lungs. 2  They are heard when a person breathes in (inhales). 3  They are believed to occur when air opens closed air spaces. 4  Rales can be further described as moist, dry, fine, and coarse. 5  Rhonchi: Sounds that resemble snoring.
Usually the COPD patients are diminished. Some to the point that you barely hear lung sounds at all. CHF patients are usually the ones that sound wet (they need lasix IV when its that bad). They can have various sounds depending on how sick they are.Usually you will hear rhonci and rales.ales and crackles are the same, they mean it sounds wet and crackly. Rhonci sound like leather rubbing together. Pneumonia patients may have a smorgasborg of sounds. I have also heard pneumonia patients that lung sounds are pretty much clear, but the xray shows infiltrates.