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Procalcitonin and C-reactive protein for invasive bacterial pneumonia diagnosis among children in Mozambique, a malaria-endemic area. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2010
Pneumonia is the major cause of mortality and morbidity in children worldwide. Procalcitonin (PCT) and C-reactive protein (CRP) are used in developed countries to differentiate between viral and bacterial causes of pneumonia.
Núria Díez-Padrisa, Quique Bassat, Sonia Machevo, Llorenç Quintó, Luis Morais, Tacilta Nhampossa, Cristina O'Callaghan-Gordo, Antoni Torres, Pedro L Alonso, Anna Roca   +9 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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Systematic review and meta-analysis on the etiology of bacterial pneumonia in children in sub-Saharan Africa

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, Bassey Edem, Victor Williams, Ibiloye Olujuwon, Musa Jallow, Binta Sanyang, Kristien Verdonck   +6 more
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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, Xiaoyan Yu, Wei Xie, Yetao Luo, Hong Tang, Kai Chen, Yanting Ruan, Yue Li, Jie Zhou, Yibing Yin, Dapeng Chen, Zhixin Song   +11 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, Aida I. Vientós-Plotts, Aida I. Vientós-Plotts, Aaron C. Ericsson, Aaron C. Ericsson, Aaron C. Ericsson, Hansjorg Rindt, Hansjorg Rindt, Carol R. Reinero, Carol R. Reinero, Carol R. Reinero   +10 more
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Comparison of Short- versus Long-Course Antimicrobial Therapy of Uncomplicated Bacterial Pneumonia in Dogs: A Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled Pilot Study

Animals, 2021
Current treatment for canine bacterial pneumonia relies on protracted courses of antimicrobials (3–6 weeks or more) with recommendations to continue for 1–2 weeks past resolution of all clinical and thoracic radiographic abnormalities. However, in humans,
Aida I. Vientós-Plotts, Isabelle Masseau, Carol R. Reinero   +2 more
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COVID‐19 and myasthenia gravis: A review of neurological implications of the SARS‐COV‐2

Brain and Behavior, Volume 12, Issue 12, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Introduction This review highlights the potential mechanisms of neuromuscular manifestation of COVID‐19, especially myasthenia gravis (MG). Methods An extensive literature search was conducted by two independent investigators using PubMed/MEDLINE and Google Scholar from its inception to December 2020. Results Exacerbations of clinical symptoms
Syed Muhammad Ismail Shah, Farah Yasmin, Roha Saeed Memon, Nadia Nazir Jatoi, Ilma Saleh Savul, Sana Kazmi, Syed Abdullah Monawwer, Muhammad Daim Bin Zafar, Muhammad Sohaib Asghar, Muhammad Junaid Tahir, Ka Yiu Lee   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Expression and significance of serum vitamin D and LL-37 levels in infants with bacterial pneumonia

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022
ObjectiveTo investigate the significance of vitamin D and human antimicrobial peptide LL-37 in the occurrence and development of bacterial pneumonia in infants.MethodsFrom January 2021 to January 2022, 80 infants with bacterial pneumonia were selected ...
Shaojie Zhao, Shaojie Zhao, Yixiu He, Menglan Pan, Bingzhang Chen, Siqi Zhang, Yufeng Zhang, Yafei Zhu   +7 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 ...
arxiv  

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.
arxiv   +1 more source