Lower respiratory tract infections in patients with comorbidities
Comorbidities are an important factor of the various infectious respiratory diseases emergence, complications development and prognosis. The most frequent comorbidities affecting the course and outcome of respiratory infections are the following ...
Leonid I. Dvoretsky
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Lower respiratory tract infections among newly diagnosed sleep apnea patients [PDF]
Background Sleep apnea is associated with chronic comorbidities and acute complications. Existing data suggest that sleep apnea may predispose to an increased risk and severity of respiratory tract infections.
Jaana Keto +3 more
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Respiratory tract infections (RTIs) are among the most common and important problems in clinical medicine, making antibiotics the gold standard therapeutic option regardless of their frequent viral etiology.
Karla Montalbán-Hernández +6 more
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Ventilatorassociated lower respiratory tract infections: etiology and diagnosis [PDF]
Objective. To review a literature published over the past 5 years and our own data on the etiology of lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI), antimicrobial resistance and its relationships between sepsis and choice of appropriate antibiotic therapy.
Rudnov V.A. +7 more
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Early-life respiratory tract infections and the risk of school-age lower lung function and asthma:a meta-analysis of 150 000 European children [PDF]
Background Early-life respiratory tract infections might affect chronic obstructive respiratory diseases, but conclusive studies from general populations are lacking.Objective To examine if children with early-life respiratory tract infections had ...
Peltola, Ville +175 more
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Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in Lower Respiratory Tract Infections [PDF]
Background: Stenotrophomonas maltophilia infection is gaining importance as an important cause of nosocomial pneumonia due to its characteristic inherent resistance to many broad- spectrum antibiotics.
Kiran Chawla +2 more
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Clinical and laboratory features of viral lower respiratory tract infections in children
Purpose: to give a comparative characteristic of the clinical and laboratory manifestations of viral lower respiratory tract infections of various etiologies.Object and methods: Medical information of 385 patients, who were hospitalized in the clinic of ...
E. D. Orlova +4 more
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Viral Infections of the Lower Respiratory Tract [PDF]
Lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) are a global burden to public health and are frequently caused by respiratory viruses. Advances in molecular diagnostic techniques have allowed the identification of previously undetected viral pathogens and have improved our understanding of respiratory virus infections. Here we review the epidemiological and
Ren, Lili +3 more
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Aetiological role of viral and bacterial infections in acute adult lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) in primary care [PDF]
Background: Lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) are a common reason for consulting general practitioners (GPs). In most cases the aetiology is unknown, yet most result in an antibiotic prescription.
McHugh, TD +26 more
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Lower Respiratory Tract Infections
ABSTRACT This review will focus on the infectious etiologies and more common noninfectious causes of lower respiratory tract syndromes among major immunosuppressed populations. The changing epidemiology of infections in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in the case of HIV-positive patients and the impacts of both newer ...
Karen C, Carroll, La'tonzia L, Adams
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