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Polymicrobial community-acquired pneumonia requiring mechanical ventilation: A case series [PDF]

, 2019
Polymicrobial pneumonia may cause by combinations of respiratory viruses and bacteria in a host. Colonization by Streptococcus pneumoniae was associated with increased risk of Intensive Care Unit admission or death in the setting of influenza infection
Cillóniz, Catia, Antonello, Nicolini, Piroddi, Ines Maria Grazia, Flores, Karina   +3 more
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Community-acquired viral pneumonia in human immunodeficiency virus infected patients [PDF]

, 2019
Respiratory viruses (RV) have become an important cause of community-acquired pneumonia in immunocompromised patients with the highest rates of morbidity and mortality.
Cillóniz, Catia, Yamamoto, Shinobu, Rangel, Ernesto, Torres Martí, Antoni   +3 more
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Vitamin D, innate immunity and outcomes in community acquired pneumonia [PDF]

, 2011
We investigated the associations between vitamin D status, the antimicrobial peptides cathelicidin and beta defensin-2 and outcomes in community acquired pneumonia.
Karalus, Noel, LEONG LEOW, Cursons, Raymond T., RAY CURSONS, Hancox, Robert J., Leow, Leong, NOEL KARALUS, ROBERT J. HANCOX, TALIA SIMPSON, Leong, Talia   +9 more
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Health disparities in chronic liver disease

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract The syndemic of hazardous alcohol consumption, opioid use, and obesity has led to important changes in liver disease epidemiology that have exacerbated health disparities. Health disparities occur when plausibly avoidable health differences are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations.
Ani Kardashian, Marina Serper, Norah Terrault, Lauren D. Nephew   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Primary care summary of the British Thoracic Society Guidelines for the management of community acquired pneumonia in adults:2009 update. Endorsed by the Royal College of General Practitioners and the Primary Care Respiratory Society UK [PDF]

, 2010
The identification and management of adults presenting with pneumonia is a major challenge for primary care health professionals. This paper summarises the key recommendations of the British Thoracic Society (BTS) Guidelines for the management of ...
Woodhead, Mark A, Mark L Levy, ?, ?, Le Jeune, Ivan, Wei Shen Lim, Lim, Wei Shen, Macfarlaned, John T, John T Macfarlane, Mark A Woodhead, Levy, Mark L, Ivan Le Jeune   +10 more
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The role of statins in prevention and treatment of community acquired pneumonia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: Emerging epidemiological evidence suggests that statins may reduce the risk of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and its complications. PURPOSE: Performed a systematic review to address the role of statins in the prevention or treatment ...
Imad M Tleyjeh, Khan Abdur Rahman, Mohamad A. Al-Tannir (104241), Imad M. Tleyjeh (104252), Tleyjeh, I. M., Patricia J Erwin, Muhammad Riaz, Abdur Rahman Khan (104234), Garbati, MA, Muhammad Riaz (104236), Bin Abdulhak, AA, Bin Abdulhak Aref A., Erwin, PJ, Baddour, LM, Riaz Muhammad, Musa A Garbati, Aref A. Bin Abdulhak (5648656), Patricia J. Erwin (104246), Abdur Rahman Khan, Al-Tannir Mohamad A., Riaz, M., Khan, AR, Al-Tannir, MA, Tleyjeh, IM, Erwin Patricia J., Larry M Baddour, Baddour Larry M., Khan, A. R., Garbati, M. A., Garbati Musa A., Al-Tannir, M. A., Larry M. Baddour (104249), Riaz, M, Aref A Bin Abdulhak, Mohamad A Al-Tannir, Bin Abdulhak, A. A., Tleyjeh Imad M., Erwin, P. J., Baddour, L. M., Musa A. Garbati (104244)   +39 more
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Clinical Comparative Study of Sulbactam/Ampicillin and Imipenem/Cilastatin in Elderly Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia [PDF]

, 2006
Objective: To evaluate the clinical usefulness of sulbactam/ampicillin therapy for community-acquired pneumonia in the elderly. Methodology: A randomized prospective clinical study was conducted in the elderly patients with moderate-to-severe community ...
Higashiyama, Yasuhito, Mizuta, Yohei, Yanagihara, Katsunori, Miyazaki, Yoshitsugu, Kohno, Shigeru, Fukuda, Yuichi, Izumikawa, Koichi, Tomono, Kazunori, Hirakata, Yoichi, Tsukamoto, Kazuhiro, Seki, Masafumi   +10 more
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Adjuvant Inhaled Corticosteroids in Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Review Article

Medical Sciences, 2021
Community-acquired pneumonia is still a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Since the inflammatory response induced by the immune system is often a major contributor to the lung injury, it becomes reasonable to assess the potential benefit ...
Faeq R. Kukhon, Emir Festic
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Legionnaires' Disease - Results of a Multicenter Canadian Study

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2003
BACKGROUND: There has never been a cross-Canada surveillance project to determine the rate of Legionella species as a cause of community-acquired pneumonia requiring hospitalization and to determine whether there are any regional differences in the rates
Thomas J Marrie, Emidio de Carolis, Victor L Yu, Janet Stout, the Canadian Community-Acquired Pneumonia Investigators   +4 more
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New Perspective in Treatment of Community-Acquired Pneumonia

, 2022
Pneumonia has been one of the top contenders for the leading cause of death for decades. Due to vague symptoms and unreliable laboratory examinations, treatment of community-acquired pneumonia relies on empiric use of antibiotics more than any other ...
Cheng, Yu-Fan
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