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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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Increased health service use for asthma, but decreased for COPD: Northumbrian hospital episodes, 2013–2014 [PDF]

, 2016
The burden of respiratory disease has persisted over the years, for both men and women. The aim of the present study was to investigate the hospital episode rates in respiratory disease and to understand whether and how the use of the health service for ...
Shiue, Ivy, I. Shiue
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Recent diarrhoeal illness and risk of lower respiratory infections in children under the age of 5 years. [PDF]

, 2009
BACKGROUND: Children in low-income settings suffering from frequent diarrhoea episodes are also at a high risk of acute lower respiratory infections (ALRI).
Barreto, Mauricio L, Clasen, Thomas, Cairncross, Sandy, Genser, Bernd, Schmidt, Wolf-Peter   +4 more
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The incidence and clinical burden of respiratory syncytial virus disease identified through hospital outpatient presentations in Kenyan children [PDF]

, 2012
There is little information that describe the burden of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) associated disease in the tropical African outpatient setting. Methods We studied a systematic sample of children aged
Bett, Ann, Okiro Emelda A., D James Nokes, Ann Bett, Bett Ann, Emelda A Okiro, Ngama Mwanajuma, Nokes D. James, Nokes, D. James, Mwanajuma Ngama, Ngama, Mwanajuma, Okiro, Emelda A.   +11 more
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Rapid identification and drug resistance screening of respiratory pathogens based on single-cell Raman spectroscopy

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023
Respiratory infections rank fourth in the global economic burden of disease. Lower respiratory tract infections are the leading cause of death in low-income countries.
Ziyu Liu, Ziyu Liu, Ying Xue, Chun Yang, Bei Li, Bei Li, Ying Zhang   +6 more
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Respiratory syncytial virus in adults: clinical features and innovative prophylaxis methods [PDF]

Клиническая микробиология и антимикробная химиотерапия
This article analyzes epidemiological, pathogenetic, and clinical features of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection in adults. It provides a review of current data on medical and healthcare burden of RSV in various regions worldwide, actual ...
Lebedeva E.O., Davtian L.A., Kuznetsova I.K., Shutov M.V., Rachina S.A.   +4 more
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Association between low hemoglobin level and acute lower respiratory tract infections in children aged between 6 months and 5 years – A comparative study

Asian Journal of Medical Sciences
Background: Anemia is a significant risk factor for acute lower respiratory tract infections (ALRTIs) in children under 5 years old. Children with ALRTI have lower mean hemoglobin (Hb) levels, leading to bronchiolitis and bronchopneumonia.
Shabarna Roy , Dipanjan Halder , Neha Karar , Prativa Biswas , Chandramohan S Kammar , Sabyasachi Som   +5 more
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Aetiological role of viral and bacterial infections in acute adult lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) in primary care

, 2005
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, Gillespie, S H, Creer, D.D., Wallace, P.G., McHugh, T.D., Gillespie, S.H., Creer, D D, Johnston, S.L., Johnston, AR, Wallace, P G, Johnston, A R, Dilworth, J P, Sanderson, G, Sanderson, G., Johnston, S L, Ling, C., Johnston, A.R., McHugh, T D, Creer, DD, Dilworth, JP, Patel, S, Dilworth, J.P., Gillespie, SH, Ling, C, Patel, S., Wallace, PG, Johnston, SL   +26 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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Transforming Bacterial Lower Respiratory Tract Infection Diagnosis: A Study on the Efficiency of the FilmArray Pneumonia Panel

Journal of Medical Sciences
Background: Lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) significantly contribute to global morbidity and mortality. Conventional bacterial LRTIs diagnosis relies on microbiological methods, which are time-consuming. The Biofire® FilmArray® Pneumonia Panel
Hung-Hsin Lin, Hsing-Yi Chung, Cherng-Lih Perng, Li-Fan Lin, Hsin-Ting Lin, Hung-Sheng Shang   +5 more
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