Journal of Public Health in Africa, 2022 Introduction. Before the introduction of vaccination to protect children from pneumonia, Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae type B (HiB) were the most frequent aetiological agents causing bacterial pneumonia in children under five years ...
Chukwuemeka Onwuchekwa +6 more
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Longitudinal characteristics of cytokine profiles in the peripheral blood of COVID-19 and bacterial pneumonia patients [PDF]
Xin yixue, 2022 Objective To investigate the differences of cytokine profiles between patients with novel COVID-19 and bacterial pneumonia, unravel the immunopathological mechanism of COVID-19, and provide evidence for new therapeutic targets in COVID-19.
Luo Siwei, Yao Yachao, Zhong Limei, Hu Liangshan, Xiao Wei, Fang Xiaolin, Cao Donglin
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Antimicrobial effects of chlorhexidine, matrica drop mouthwash (chamomile extract), and normal saline on hospitalized patients with endotracheal tubes [PDF]
, 2016 Background: The functions and use of mouthwashes are variable depending on their type. Oral care in patients with endotracheal tubes is important to prevent side effects such as pneumonia.
Azimi, M, Jouybari, L., Sanagoo, A
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Prokineticin 2 promotes macrophages-mediated antibacterial host defense against bacterial pneumonia
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2022 : Objectives: Bacterial pneumonia is a common serious infectious disease with high morbidity and mortality. Prokineticin 2 (PK2) has recently been identified as a novel immunomodulator in a variety of diseases; however, its role in bacterial pneumonia ...
Qianqian Tu +11 more
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IL-17 can be protective or deleterious in murine pneumococcal pneumonia [PDF]
, 2018 Streptococcus pneumoniae is the major bacterial cause of community-acquired pneumonia, and the leading agent of childhood pneumonia deaths worldwide. Nasal colonization is an essential step prior to infection.
Bayes, Hannah K. +4 more
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Respiratory Dysbiosis in Canine Bacterial Pneumonia: Standard Culture vs. Microbiome Sequencing
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2019 It is unknown how the respiratory microbiome influences and is influenced by bacterial pneumonia in dogs, as culture of lung samples and not microbial sequencing guides clinical practice.
Aida I. Vientós-Plotts +10 more
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Automatic Detection of COVID-19 and Pneumonia from Chest X-Ray using Deep Learning [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 In this study, a dataset of X-ray images from patients with common viral pneumonia, bacterial pneumonia, confirmed Covid-19 disease was utilized for the automatic detection of the Coronavirus disease. The point of the investigation is to assess the exhibition of cutting edge convolutional neural system structures proposed over the ongoing years for ...
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Early-detection and classification of live bacteria using time-lapse coherent imaging and deep learning [PDF]
Light: Science & Applications (2020), 2020 We present a computational live bacteria detection system that periodically captures coherent microscopy images of bacterial growth inside a 60 mm diameter agar-plate and analyzes these time-lapsed holograms using deep neural networks for rapid detection of bacterial growth and classification of the corresponding species.
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Bacterial Pneumonia in the Elderly
Medicine, 1983 Bacterial pneumonia in the elderly is common, and causes more morbidity and mortality than in the younger adult. As patients live longer with more underlying disease and more iatrogenic disease, the incidence of nosocomial pneumonia will probably rise.
Verghese, Abraham, Berk, Steven L.
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Bacterial Pneumonia in Dogs and Cats: An Update. [PDF]
, 2020 Bacterial pneumonia is a common clinical diagnosis in dogs but seems to occur less often in cats. Underlying causes include viral infection, aspiration injury, foreign body inhalation, and defects in clearance of respiratory secretions. Identification of
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