 [ Symptoms ] can bronchitis lead to walking pneumonia [ Disease ] yes according to a webmd article see link below some people with bronchitis will develop pneumonia <link> there are similarities between bronchitis and pneumonia in that both conditions affect the respiratory system both conditions can also be caused by either viral or bacterial infection agents but they are two distinct conditions as follows bronchitis suffers experience inflammation of the lung is passageways that restrict air being carried to the lungs it usually responds well to antibiotic treatment pneumonia is usually thought to be a much more serious condition it can be defined as an infection of the lung tissues that blocks the alveoli air sacs of the lungs sometimes with a pus like exudate