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In vivo Neutralization of Pro-inflammatory Cytokines During Secondary Streptococcus pneumoniae Infection Post Influenza A Virus Infection [PDF]

, 2019
An overt pro-inflammatory immune response is a key factor contributing to lethal pneumococcal infection in an influenza pre-infected host and represents a potential target for therapeutic intervention.
Boehme, Julia D., Bruder, Dunja, Christen, Henrike, Guzmán, Carlos A., Hernandez-Vargas, Esteban A., Kershaw, Olivia, Schreiber, Jens, Sharma-Chawla, Niharika, Stegemann-Koniszewski, Sabine   +8 more
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Incidence of Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infections and Comparison of emm Types from Carriage, Pharyngitis, and Invasive Infections in Indigenous Communities in the Southwest United States

Proceedings
Background: Indigenous communities are disproportionately affected by group A Streptococcus (GAS) infections [...]
Catherine G. Sutcliffe, Victoria M. Sergent, Joyselynn Pitalua, Sopio Chochua, Christopher J. Gregory, Chloe Hurley, Zhongya Li, Saundra Mathis, Lesley McGee, Jennifer Onukwube Okaro, Theresa Tran, Robert Weatherholtz, Laura L. Hammitt   +12 more
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C-reactive Protein Versus Neutrophil/lymphocyte Ratio in Differentiating Bacterial and Non-bacterial Pneumonia in Children

Journal of Nepal Health Research Council, 2017
Background: Pneumonia is a leading cause of childhood mortality in a low resource country. Simple laboratory markers can help differentiate between bacterial and non-bacterial pneumonias for appropriate management.
Eva Gauchan, Sudhir Adhikari
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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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Viral pneumonia in adults and older children in sub-Saharan Africa — epidemiology, aetiology, diagnosis and management [PDF]

, 2014
Community-acquired pneumonia causes substantial morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa with an estimated 131 million new cases each year. Viruses — such as influenza virus, respiratory syncytial virus and parainfluenza virus — are now recognised ...
Ho, Antonia
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ANTIBIOTIC STEWARDSHIP STRATEGIES TO LIMIT INAPPROPRIATE ANTIBIOTIC USE AND REDUCE MULTI-DRUG RESISTANT PATHOGENS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2023
Antibiotics have been extensively used in COVID-19 patients without a clear indication. COVID-19 pneumonia is associated with a mortality up to 20% varying by country with the number of global deaths over 5 million. Antibiotics have been extensively used
Anucha Apisarnthanarak
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A prospective one-year microbiologic survey of combined pneumonia and respiratory failure [PDF]

, 2017
Background: Pneumonia and respiratory failure are common problems in the intensive care unit (ICU) setting, often occurring together. The relative prevalence of pneumonia types (community acquired, hospital acquired, ventilator associated) and causative ...
Fisher, Kristen, Juang, Paul, Kollef, Marin H, Micek, Scott T, Trupka, Tracy   +4 more
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Indirect effect of 7-valent and 13-valent pneumococcal conjugated vaccines on pneumococcal pneumonia hospitalizations in elderly [PDF]

, 2018
Background: Pneumonia is one of the leading causes of mortality and has a high burden in morbidity. In Portugal, 7-valent pneumococcal conjugated vaccine (PCV) was used since 2001 and PCV10/13 since 2009, being the last introduced into the National ...
Froes, Filipe, Gonçalves, Paulo, Gómez, Verónica, Kislaya, Irina, Nunes, Baltazar, Rodrigues, Ana Paula, Sousa-Uva, Mafalda   +6 more
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Fungal pneumonia concealing bacterial pneumonia: a diagnostic dilemma

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2023
We describe the case of a 61-year-old diabetic man affected by Achromobacter denitrificans. He was immunocompetent and did not have any past history of chronic lung disease.
Christie George Joseph, Madhusmita Mohanty Mohapatra, Manju Rajaram, Jayabharathi Palanivel, Balasubramanian Velappan   +4 more
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Alcohol‐induced altered glycans in human tracheal epithelial cells promote bacterial adhesion

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Alcohol induces altered glycans to promote bacteria adhesion. Heavy alcohol drinking is known to increase the risk of bacterial pneumonia. However, the link between alcohol levels and risk of infection remains underexplored. Recently, we found that alcohol induced α2‐6sialo mucin O‐glycans in human tracheobronchial epithelial cells, which mediated the ...
Pi‐Wan Cheng, Souvik Datta, Derrick R. Samuelson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source