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Trends and risk factors for death and excess all-cause mortality among notified tuberculosis patients in the UK: an analysis of surveillance data

ERJ Open Research, 2019
Introduction In the UK, several hundred patients notified with tuberculosis (TB) die every year. The aim of this article is to describe trends in deaths among notified TB patients, explore risk factors associated with death and compare all-cause ...
Debora Pedrazzoli, Katharina Kranzer, H. Lucy Thomas, Maeve K. Lalor   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Aerosol Generating Procedures and Risk of Transmission of Acute Respiratory Infections to Healthcare Workers: A Systematic Review

PLoS ONE, 2012
Aerosol generating procedures (AGPs) may expose health care workers (HCWs) to pathogens causing acute respiratory infections (ARIs), but the risk of transmission of ARIs from AGPs is not fully known.
K. Tran, K. Cimon, M. Severn, C. Pessoa-Silva, J. Conly   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Bronchiolitis – It Is Time for a Unique Definition [PDF]

, 2016
Bronchiolitis is the most common lower respiratory tract infections in infants. It is time to reach a unique clinical definition, encompassing the acute onset of respiratory distress with cough, tachypnoea, retraction and
Midulla, Fabio, Nenna, Raffaella
core   +1 more source

Determining the gaps between Cochrane reviews and trials of effectiveness of interventions for acute respiratory infections: an audit

Systematic Reviews, 2017
Background Cochrane primarily aims to systematically review trials of effectiveness that are important to inform clinical decisions. Editorial groups support authors to achieve high-quality reviews and prioritise review proposals in their clinical domain
Jasmin Alloo, Sanya Vallath, Chris Del Mar, Matt Carter, Sarah Thorning, Justin Clark   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Calprotectin, a new biomarker for diagnosis of acute respiratory infections

Scientific Reports, 2020
Respiratory tract infections require early diagnosis and adequate treatment. With the antibiotic overuse and increment in antibiotic resistance there is an increased need to accurately distinguish between bacterial and viral infections.
A. Havelka, Kristina Sejersen, P. Venge, K. Pauksens, A. Larsson   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Transformation of Reference Microbiology Methods and Surveillance for Salmonella With the Use of Whole Genome Sequencing in England and Wales

Frontiers in Public Health, 2019
The use of whole genome sequencing (WGS) as a method for supporting outbreak investigations, studying Salmonella microbial populations and improving understanding of pathogenicity has been well-described (1–3).
Marie Anne Chattaway, Timothy J. Dallman, Lesley Larkin, Satheesh Nair, Jacquelyn McCormick, Amy Mikhail, Hassan Hartman, Gauri Godbole, David Powell, Martin Day, Robert Smith, Kathie Grant   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Incidence of respiratory viruses in peruvian children with acute respiratory infections [PDF]

, 2015
Acute respiratory infections are responsible for high morbi-mortality in Peruvian children. However, the etiological agents are poorly identified. This study, conducted during the pandemic outbreak of H1N1 influenza in 2009, aims to determine the main ...
Albuquerque, Alonso, Ampuero, Barenfanger, Bellau-Pujol, Budge, Budge, Casas, Coiras, Coiras, Forshey, Freymuth, Garcia, Gerna, Gomez, Grassi, Gómez, Kwon, Lamarão, Luchsinger, Mahony, Munayco, Nasreen, Padilla-Ygreda, Ren, Salmón-Mulanovich, Scheltinga, Schoub, Sovero, Turner, Van de Pol, van Elden, van Woensel, Vidaurreta, Villaran, Watanabe, Zhao   +36 more
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Vitamin D supplementation to prevent acute respiratory tract infections: systematic review and meta-analysis of individual participant data

British medical journal, 2017
Objectives To assess the overall effect of vitamin D supplementation on risk of acute respiratory tract infection, and to identify factors modifying this effect.
A. Martineau, David A. Jolliffe, R. Hooper, L. Greenberg, J. Aloia, P. Bergman, G. Dubnov-Raz, S. Esposito, D. Ganmaa, A. Ginde, E. Goodall, C. Grant, C. Griffiths, W. Janssens, I. Laaksi, S. Manaseki-Holland, D. Mauger, D. Murdoch, R. Neale, J. Rees, S. Simpson, I. Stelmach, G. Kumar, M. Urashima, C. Camargo   +24 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Reduced antibiotic use after initial treatment of acute respiratory infections with phytopharmaceuticals- a retrospective cohort study

Postgraduate medicine, 2020
Objectives: We examined the relationship between the initial treatment of acute lower and upper tract respiratory infections with phytopharmaceuticals and the duration of the disease as well as between the initial treatment and the use of antibiotics in ...
David Martin, M. Konrad, C. Adarkwah, K. Kostev   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Probiotics for preventing acute otitis media in children [PDF]

, 2018
This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (Intervention). The objectives are as follows: to assess the effects of probiotics to prevent the occurrence and reduce the severity of acute otitis media in children.
Clark, Justin, Del Mar, Chris B., Grimwood, Keith, Islam, Farhana, Julien, Blair, Little, Paul, Roos, Kristian, Scott, Anna M.   +7 more
core   +2 more sources