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Lower Respiratory Tract Infections
Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, 1990Although lower respiratory tract infections are frequently diagnosed in a primary care setting, they are still associated with a significant morbidity and mortality, which warrants a careful approach to treatment. Knowledge of the most common cause based on the age of the patient, location where the infection was acquired, and clinical presentation ...
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Cefoperazone in Lower Respiratory Tract Infections
Drugs, 198117 hospitalised patients with a wide variety of common lower respiratory tract infections received at least 6 days of intravenous bolus cefoperazone 1.0g 12-hourly. Disease was caused by Haemophilus influenzae, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus, and mixed anaerobes in 1 patient. All isolates were sensitive to cefoperazone.
C J, Woods, R B, Ellis-Pegler
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The scope of lower respiratory tract infection
Infection, 1991Lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) are commonly classified as either bronchitis or pneumonia, and these infections are associated with an extremely high morbidity in the community, as well as a high mortality in those patients that require hospitalisation.
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Lower respiratory tract infections in children
Current Opinion in Pediatrics, 2001Lower respiratory tract infections-pneumonia, atypical pneumonia, bronchiolitis, and bronchitis-are responsible for much morbidity and mortality in the pediatric population. On a regular basis, pediatricians clinically diagnose these conditions and must make decisions regarding evaluation and treatment.
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Ofloxacin in lower respiratory tract infections
Infection, 1991In order to determine the efficacy and safety of the new quinolone ofloxacin in the treatment of chronic lower respiratory disease, 674 patients (353 with chronic bronchitis, 212 with community-acquired pneumonia and 109 with hospital-acquired pneumonia) were treated with ofloxacin 200 mg twice a day.
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Investigation of lower respiratory tract infection
BMJ, 2011As a doctor returning from 16 years in rural practice in the Gambia, I appreciated how Chalmers and Hill discouraged wasteful investigation of presumed lower respiratory tract infection.1Throughout these years I worked beyond reach of chest radiography and blood or sputum culture facilities and used World Health Organization guidelines, which …
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Infections of the lower respiratory tract
1997Abstract This chapter deals with common and important lower re piratory tract infections {LRTis) which principally manifest beyond the trachea and discusses their epi demiology, aetiology, clinical features, investigation, and management.
Lesley Southgate +3 more
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Lower respiratory tract infection in hospitalized children
Respirology, 2003Objective: The aim of the present study was to investigate the aetiology and antibiotic‐resistance patterns of community‐acquired lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) in 1999 and compare it with data from 1995 and 1988.Methodology: A prospective observational study of LRTI in hospitalized children at KK Women's & Children's Hospital ...
Chong Chia, Yin +5 more
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Etiology of acute lower respiratory tract infection
The Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 2003To identify pathogens responsible for acute severe lower respiratory tract infection (ALRTI) in under five children by non-invasive methods.95 children hospitalized with acute severe lower respiratory tract infection were investigated for identification of viruses, bacteria, chlamydia or mycoplasma by nasopharyngeal aspirates, blood culture and ...
S K, Kabra +5 more
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Diagnostic problems in lower respiratory tract infections
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 1993The main problems of diagnosis in lower respiratory tract infection are the differentiation of infection from colonization or contamination, and the isolation of a reliable and true pathogen. The clinical findings and differentiation of patients into those with pneumonia or infective exacerbations of chronic bronchitis should provide a definitive early
H, Lode +3 more
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