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Urinary ATP as an indicator of infection and inflammation of the urinary tract in patients with lower urinary tract symptoms [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: Adenosine-5'-triphosphate (ATP) is a neurotransmitter and inflammatory cytokine implicated in the pathophysiology of lower urinary tract disease. ATP additionally reflects microbial biomass thus has potential as a surrogate marker of urinary
Baio, Gianluca, Malone-Lee, James, De Iorio, Maria, Sathiananamoorthy, Sanchutha, Horsley, Harry, Wildman, Scott S.P., Rohn, Jennifer L, Gill, Kiren, Khasriya, Rajvinder, Wildman, Scott, Kupelian, Anthony S   +10 more
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The microbiological characteristics of lower respiratory tract infection in patients with neuromuscular disorders: An investigation based on a multiplex polymerase chain reaction to detect viruses and a clone library analysis of the bacterial 16S rRNA gene sequence in sputum samples

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection, 2019
We performed gene amplification methods for the detections of bacteria and viruses using sputum samples to clarify the microbiological characteristics of lower respiratory tract infection in patients with neuromuscular disorders. The tendencies of higher
Masato Ogawa, Takayuki Hoshina, Kaoru Haro, Tokiko Kumadaki, Masahiro Ishii, Yoshihisa Fujino, Kazumasa Fukuda, Koichi Kusuhara   +7 more
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Genetics, recombination and clinical features of human rhinovirus species C (HRV-C) infections; interactions of HRV-C with other respiratory viruses [PDF]

, 2009
To estimate the frequency, molecular epidemiological and clinical associations of infection with the newly described species C variants of human rhinoviruses (HRV), 3243 diagnostic respiratory samples referred for diagnostic testing in Edinburgh were ...
Anne Wisdom, Gaunt, Eleanor R, Gaunt, E., Harvala, H., McWilliam Leitch, E.C., Aldona E Kutkowska, E Carol McWilliam Leitch, Kate Templeton, Kutkowska, A.E., Templeton, K., Peter Simmonds, Wisdom, A., Heli Harvala, Simmonds, P., Eleanor Gaunt   +14 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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Social networks in relation to self-reported symptomatic infections in individuals aged 40–75 - the Maastricht study –

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2018
Background Most infections are spread through social networks (detrimental effect). However, social networks may also lower infection acquisition (beneficial effect).
Stephanie Brinkhues, Miranda T. Schram, Christian J. P. A. Hoebe, Mirjam E. E. Kretzschmar, Annemarie Koster, Pieter C. Dagnelie, Simone J. S. Sep, Sander M. J. van Kuijk, Paul H. M. Savelkoul, Nicole H. T. M. Dukers-Muijrers   +9 more
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Epidemiology of Lower Respiratory Tract Infections

Journal of Chemotherapy, 1995
The aim of this review is to focus on the epidemiology of lower respiratory tract infections, the etiology, prognosis and risk factors, dividing these problems into the following issues: global impact of these afflictions, community-acquired pneumonia, hospital acquired pneumonia, respiratory infections in surgery, acute bronchitis and exacerbations of
BARIFFI F, SANDUZZI ZAMPARELLI, ALESSANDRO, PONTICIELLO, ANTONIO   +2 more
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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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The burden and etiology of lower respiratory tract infections in children under five years of age in Indonesia

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2021
Introduction: Lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) are a substantial threat for children worldwide. Currently, there is a lack of knowledge about the burden and etiology of LRTI in children under five years of age in Indonesia.
Vincentia Rizke Ciptaningtyas, Quirijn de Mast, Marinus Isaäk de Jonge   +2 more
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Contribution of RSV to bronchiolitis and pneumonia-associated hospitalizations in English children, April 1995-March 1998. [PDF]

, 2002
Estimates of the number of hospitalizations attributable to specific pathogens are required to predict the potential impact of vaccination. All hospital admissions for lower respiratory tract infection (LRI) in children < 5 years in England in 1995-8 ...
Edmunds, WJ, Gay, NJ, Crowcroft, NS, Zambon, MC, Müller-Pebody, B   +4 more
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Incidence and risk factors for respiratory syncytial virus and human metapneumovirus infections among children in the remote highlands of Peru [PDF]

, 2015
The disease burden and risk factors for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and human metapneumovirus (MPV) infections among children living in remote, rural areas remain unclear.; We conducted a prospective, household-based cohort study of children aged ...
Gil, Ana I., Philip J Budge, Kathryn M. Edwards (534416), Verastegui, Hector, Yuwei Zhu, Hector Verastegui, Grijalva, Carlos G, Carlos G. Grijalva, Grijalva, Carlos G., Stella Hartinger, Stella Hartinger (759804), Gil, Ana I, Marie R Griffin, Griffin, Marie R., Wu, Andrew, Lanata, Claudio F., Marie R. Griffin (209725), Marie R. Griffin, Monika Johnson, Ana I. Gil, Philip J. Budge (389401), Williams, John, Andrew Wu, Carlos G. Grijalva (236548), John Williams (32544), Zhu, Yuwei, Claudio F Lanata, Hector Verastegui (534417), Kathryn M Edwards, Andrew Wu (90389), Edwards, Kathryn M, John Williams, Yuwei Zhu (236550), Budge, Philip J, Johnson, Monika, Hartinger, Stella, Ana I. Gil (534420), Lanata, Claudio F, Ana I Gil, Claudio F. Lanata, Edwards, Kathryn M., Philip J. Budge, Griffin, Marie R, Carlos G Grijalva, Andrew Wu, Kathryn M. Edwards, Claudio F. Lanata (454212), Monika Johnson (12861), Budge, Philip J.   +48 more
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