We report an insight from the PELS‐1– a multicentre, international registry focusing on postocardiotomy extracorporeal support use between 2000 and 2020. We focused on 24/2163 (1.1%) patients requiring V‐V ECMO after cardiac surgery. Mortality was high, with 21.7% of patients discharged alive and an overall 1‐year survival probability of 12.5 ...
Pasquale Nardelli +39 more
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Fatal multi-drug-resistant gram-negative bacterial pneumonia among adults hospitalized àt Mulago National Referral Hospital, Uganda: an autopsy study. [PDF]
Mutumba W +6 more
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Infection control in the brain and the eye
Abstract The Central Nervous System (CNS), comprising the brain and the eye, is considered to have a ‘privileged’ mechanism for dealing with immunological challenge (immune privilege, IP). CNS IP has been revealed through experiments using foreign protein antigens and cell and tissue alloantigens (grafts), but evidence for a role for IP in modulating ...
John V. Forrester +2 more
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Antimicrobial peptide delivery to lung as peptibody mRNA in anti-inflammatory lipids treats multidrug-resistant bacterial pneumonia. [PDF]
Xue Y +16 more
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ABSTRACT Aim The aim of this study was to investigate the possible source of laboratory‐confirmed pertussis in infants under 6 months of age. Methods This nationwide prospective study was based on laboratory‐confirmed cases reported in the enhanced pertussis surveillance in Sweden from 2009 to 2015. The parents or carers of 345 infants were interviewed
Bernice Aronsson +4 more
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Vaccinations During Pregnancy Protect the Mother–Infant Dyad and Are Generally Safe
ABSTRACT Aim Vaccination in pregnancy has a critical impact on mothers, foetuses and infants. The aim of this paper was to summarise key points presented by experts attending the 12th Maria Delivoria‐Papadopoulos Perinatal Symposium in March 2025 and further expand and update them.
Ariadne Malamitsi‐Puchner +2 more
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Bacterial Pneumonia Alters the Respiratory Microbiota and Inflammatory Profile Via the Lung Microbiome-Immune Axis. [PDF]
Ye X, Shen B, Cai Z, Chen D, Wu Y.
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Associations Between Systemic Immunity Inflammation Index, Aggregate Index of Systemic Inflammation, and Hospital Acquired Otitis Media in Children Aged ≤12 years with Bacterial Pneumonia. [PDF]
Han L, Li Y, Gao C, Liu J, Wu J.
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Asymptomatic Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infections in Children During a Mycoplasma Outbreak
ABSTRACT Aim The aim of this study was to investigate the occurrence of M. pneumoniae detections in asymptomatic children during an outbreak. Methods We prospectively recruited symptomatic and asymptomatic children under 18 years of age between 1 January and 1 November 2024. Picornavirus positivity was also assessed in both groups.
Minna Honkila +7 more
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(Inter)feron the Reaper: New Insights on an Old Cytokine in Secondary Bacterial Pneumonia. [PDF]
Rai P, Fessler MB.
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