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Conventional imaging modalities and microbiologic testing lack specificity for distinguishing bacterial pneumonia from viral infection, sterile inflammation, or noninfectious lung disease, often resulting in empiric antibiotic overuse and delayed alternative therapies. In this study, we evaluated [18F]fluoromannitol, a pathogen-specific Positron Emission Tomography (PET) tracer, in well-established murine models of pulmonary infection caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Compared with controls, including heat-killed bacterial pneumonitis, influenza A virus\u2013induced pneumonia, and noninfectious Poly(I:C) induced pneumonia. [18F]fluoromannitol PET enabled robust, rapid, and anatomically localized detection of active bacterial pneumonia, with tracer uptake correlating with bacterial burden and disease progression. 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