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Parental and household smoking and the increased risk of bronchitis, bronchiolitis and other lower respiratory infections in infancy: systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

, 2011
Background: Passive smoke exposure increases the risk of lower respiratory infection (LRI) in infants, but the extensive literature on this association has not been systematically reviewed for nearly ten years.
Hashim, Ahmed, Jones, Laura L; id_orcid, Leonardi-Bee, J, Ahmed Hashim, Derek G Cook, Britton, J, John Britton, Laura L Jones, Britton John, McKeever Tricia, Cook, Derek G, Leonardi-Bee, Jo, Jones, LL, Cook Derek G, McKeever, Tricia, Britton, John, Leonardi-Bee Jo, Hashim, A, Jo Leonardi-Bee, McKeever, T, Cook, DG, Hashim Ahmed, Jones Laura L, Tricia McKeever   +23 more
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Common Infections and Antibiotic Prescribing during the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Primary Care-Based Observational Cohort Study

Antibiotics, 2021
Presentation and antibiotic prescribing for common infectious disease episodes decreased substantially during the first COVID-19 pandemic wave in Dutch general practice. We set out to determine the course of these variables during the first pandemic year.
Josi A. Boeijen, Alike W. van der Velden, Saskia Hullegie, Tamara N. Platteel, Dorien L. M. Zwart, Roger A. M. J. Damoiseaux, Roderick P. Venekamp, Alma C. van de Pol   +7 more
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Molecular epidemiology of human rhinovirus infections in Kilifi, coastal Kenya [PDF]

, 2012
This study reports pediatric surveillance over 3 years for human rhinovirus (HRV) at the District Hospital of Kilifi, coastal Kenya. Nasopharyngeal samples were collected from children presenting at outpatient clinic with no signs of acute respiratory ...
Onyango, Clayton O., Agoti, Charles N., Bett, Ann, Cane, Patricia, Nokes, D. James, Munywoki, Patrick K., Welch, Stephen R., Ngama, Mwanajuma, Myers, Richard   +8 more
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Tools for detection of Mycoplasma amphoriforme : a primary respiratory pathogen? [PDF]

, 2014
This work was supported by a Peter Samuel Royal Free Fund grant, the Primary Immunodeficiency Association, the Special Trustees of the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, Hampstead, and the University of St.
Oravcova, Katarina, McHugh, Timothy D., Dilworth, Paul, Munro, Michelle, Templeton, Kate, Beattie, Thomas F., Ling, Clare L., Webster, David, McHugh, Timothy, Hardie, Alison, Pond, Marcus, Fulton, Naomi L., Gillespie, Stephen Henry, Workman, Sarita, Gillespie, Stephen H., Creer, Dean D., Beattie, Thomas Ferris   +16 more
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Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases in the Lower Respiratory Tract: A Cytopathologist's Perspective [PDF]

Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, 2018
Context.— Respiratory cytology continues to play an important role in the diagnosis of lower respiratory tract infections. Prompt, accurate diagnosis of causative organisms is of paramount importance, particularly in immunosuppressed patients.
Rebecca J, Baldassarri, Deepika, Kumar, Stephen, Baldassarri, Guoping, Cai   +3 more
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Influence of lung function on course of disease and response to antibiotic therapy in adult primary care patients with acute cough: a post hoc analysis of patients enrolled in a prospective multicentre study [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: In acute cough patients, impaired lung function as present in chronic lung conditions like asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are often thought to negatively influence course of disease, but clear evidence is lacking.AIMS:
Verheij, Theo J M, Leven, Margareta, Moore, Michael, Verheij, TJ, Thomas, Mike, Verheij, Theo J.M., Stuart, B, Hood, K, Coenen, Samuel, Stuart, Beth, Goossens, Herman, Goossens, H, Little, Paul, Moore, M, Coenen, S, Little, P, van Erp, Nicole, Thomas, M, Hood, Kerenza, van Erp, N, Butler, Chris C., Butler, CC, Leven, M   +22 more
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Bacteria isolated from the lower respiratory tract of sheep and their relationship to clinical signs of sheep respiratory disease [PDF]

Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2019
: Respiratory diseases are among the most important diseases in sheep flocks. Herein was studied the bacterial etiology of respiratory disease and the clinical signs of 99 female and male sheep breed in the states of São Paulo (SP) and Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
Mariane F. Franco, Natália C. Gaeta, Mario A.R. Alemán, Priscilla A. Mellville, Jorge Timenetsky, Mário F.A. Balaro, Lilian Gregory   +6 more
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Recurrent upper and lower respiratory tract infections in children: Assessment of predictive value in tuberculosis and HIV coinfection

Acta Biomedica Scientifica
Background. In phthisiology, all recurrent respiratory tract infections are considered risk factors for tuberculosis (TB) in children. A differentiated assessment of the predictive value of recurrent upper and lower respiratory tract infections will ...
S. N. Shugaeva, L. P. Pashkova, E. I. Vasilyeva, S. G. Zvonkova, O. G. Koshkina, O. B. Ogarkov   +5 more
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Significance of Moraxella catarrhalis as a causative organism of lower respiratory tract infections

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2017
Background: Moraxella catarrhalis is an exclusively human pathogen that may be overlooked in culture because of its phenotypic similarity to commensal Neisseria. Indeed, beta lactamase producing isolates of M.
M.O. Ramadan, Ibrahim.S. Ibrahim, A.M. Shaheen, W.E. Ali   +3 more
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Coronavirus Infection in Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Disease of Infants [PDF]

Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1974
A serologic surveillance of lower respiratory tract disease in 417 hospitalized children under 18 months of age revealed infection with coronaviruses (strains OC43 and/or 229E) in 34 (8.2%). During the same interval, one of 13 control infants was infected.
K, McIntosh, R K, Chao, H E, Krause, R, Wasil, H E, Mocega, M A, Mufson   +5 more
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