Clinical and CT characteristics of human metapneumovirus-associated severe pneumonia in children in Beijing [PDF]
Background Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) has been increasingly appreciated as a cause of lower respiratory tract infection among children. The purpose of this paper is to determine the radiographic and clinical features of children with HMPV lower ...
Weihan Xu +5 more
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Risk factors for bronchiolitis obliterans development in children after Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia: a retrospective study of 981 patients [PDF]
Background Bronchiolitis obliterans (BO) is a rare and severe chronic pulmonary condition in children following an injury to lower respiratory tract lesion. Mycoplasma pneumoniae (M.
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Mucoepidermoid Carcinomas Presented as Lobar Pneumonia [PDF]
Tong Zhou +3 more
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Lobar pneumonia in pediatric patient with COVID-19. [PDF]
Kashgari A, Al Otaibi M, Alharbi M.
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Scrub Typhus Infection: A Rare Pneumonia Mimic [PDF]
Scrub typhus is a common infection in tropical countries affecting mainly the pediatric population. It is caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi with characteristic pathological change being focal or disseminated vasculitis.
Kaustubh Mohite +2 more
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Effect and mechanism of calpains on pediatric lobar pneumonia. [PDF]
Yin G +6 more
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Principles of antibiotic application in children with lobar pneumonia: Step-up or step-down. [PDF]
Li Y, Han F, Yang Y, Chu J.
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Pulmonary actinomycosis presenting as post-obstructive pneumonia
Actinomycosis is a chronic suppurative infection caused by filamentous Gram-positive bacilli, leading to a purulent discharge due to sulfur granule formation.
K. Kassab +3 more
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Infectious pneumonia in immunocompetent patients: updates in clinical and imaging features [PDF]
Morphologically pneumonia is usually classified into lobar pneumonia, bronchopneumonia, and interstitial pneumonia. Chronic pneumonia is also a kind of pneumonia in immunocompetent and mildly immunocompromised patients. Specific organisms may be involved
Kyung Soo Lee +3 more
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Background: Most cases of complicated pneumonia in children are caused by pneumococcal infections. Thomsen-Friedenreich antigen (TA) is present on erythrocytes, platelets and glomeruli, and it can be activated during pneumococcal infection.
Chia-Jung Chang +7 more
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