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Transfer Learning with Deep Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) for Pneumonia Detection Using Chest X-ray [PDF]

Applied Sciences, 2020
Pneumonia is a life-threatening disease, which occurs in the lungs caused by either bacterial or viral infection. It can be life-endangering if not acted upon at the right time and thus the early diagnosis of pneumonia is vital.
Tawsifur Rahman, Muhammad E. H. Chowdhury, Amith Khandakar, Khandaker R. Islam, Khandaker F. Islam, Zaid B. Mahbub, Muhammad A. Kadir, Saad Kashem   +7 more
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Combination of clinical symptoms and blood biomarkers can improve discrimination between bacterial or viral community-acquired pneumonia in children

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2019
Background Differentiating bacterial from viral pneumonia is important for guiding targeted management and judicious use of antibiotics. We assessed if clinical characteristics and blood inflammatory biomarkers could be used to distinguish bacterial from
Mejbah U. Bhuiyan, Christopher C. Blyth, Rachel West, Jurissa Lang, Tasmina Rahman, Caitlyn Granland, Camilla de Gier, Meredith L. Borland, Ruth B. Thornton, Lea-Ann S. Kirkham, Andrew Martin, Peter C. Richmond, David W. Smith, Adam Jaffe, Thomas L. Snelling   +14 more
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Cavitary Pneumonia Causes in the Arid Landscapes of Southern Arizona [PDF]

American Journal of Medicine Open
Cavitary pneumonia, characterized by gas-filled spaces within lung tissue, is commonly associated with bacterial pathogens, such as Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus, Pseudomonas, and Klebsiella species. This study aimed to investigate the most common
Rawan El Kurdi, Krish H. Nayar, Michael B. Gotway, Janis Blair, Sandhya Nagarakanti   +4 more
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Can clinical findings at admission allow withholding of antibiotics in patients hospitalized for community acquired pneumonia when a test for a respiratory virus is positive? [PDF]

Pneumonia
Background Current guidelines recommend empiric antibiotic therapy for patients who require hospitalization for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). We sought to determine whether clinical, imaging or laboratory features in patients hospitalized for CAP ...
Ryan Ward, Alejandro J. Gonzalez, Justin A. Kahla, Daniel M. Musher   +3 more
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Multi-drug resistant gram-negative bacterial pneumonia: etiology, risk factors, and drug resistance patterns

Pneumonia, 2022
Bacterial pneumonia is one of the most serious public health issues owing to its medical and economic costs, which result in increased morbidity and mortality in people of all ages around the world.
M. Assefa
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Bacterial co-infections in community-acquired pneumonia caused by SARS-CoV-2, influenza virus and respiratory syncytial virus

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022
Background A mismatch between a widespread use of broad-spectrum antibiotic agents and a low prevalence of reported bacterial co-infections in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infections has been observed . Herein, we sought to characterize and compare bacterial
Pontus Hedberg, N. Johansson, A. Ternhag, Lina Abdel-Halim, J. Hedlund, P. Nauclér   +5 more
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Lung abscess due to Streptococcus intermedius associated with SARS CoV‐2 infection in pregnancy: Unusual presentation and complication of a commensal bacteria during pregnancy

Clinical Case Reports, 2023
Streptococcus intermedius is a commensal bacterium reported in a few cases as the causative agent of brain and lung abscesses, pneumonia, and endocarditis. Lung abscesses due to Streptococcus intermedius are rare, especially in pregnancy. We describe the
Cristian Orlando Porras Bueno, Sharon Julieth González Trillos, Diana Jimena Cano Rosales, Edgar Augusto Bernal García   +3 more
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A model for COVID-19 and bacterial pneumonia coinfection with community- and hospital-acquired infections [PDF]

Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Simulation With Applications, 2(4), 197-210, 2022, 2022
We propose a new mathematical model to study the coinfection dynamics of COVID-19 and bacterial pneumonia. Our model includes two infection ways for pneumonia, corresponding to community-acquired and hospital-acquired infections. We show that the existence and local stability of equilibria depend on three different parameters, which are interpreted as ...
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Adherence to guidelines on the use of amoxicillin for treatment of ambulatory pneumonia in children younger than 5 years, Colombia, 2017–2019

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2023
Objectives. To determine the level of adherence to clinical guidelines in prescribing amoxicillin to children younger than 5 years with pneumonia in outpatient settings in Colombia from 2017 to 2019, and assess the factors associated with adherence ...
Luisa Moyano Ariza, Brindis Ochoa, Hemant D. Shewade, Jeffrey K. Edwards, Julián Trujillo Trujillo, Claudia M. Cuellar, Jaime Rodríguez, Katrina Hann, Mauro Sanchez   +8 more
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Bacterial Superinfection Pneumonia in Patients Mechanically Ventilated for COVID-19 Pneumonia

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2021
Rationale: Current guidelines recommend patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pneumonia receive empirical antibiotics for suspected bacterial superinfection on the basis of weak evidence.
C. Pickens, C. Gao, M. Cuttica, Sean B. Smith, L. Pesce, R. Grant, M. Kang, Luisa Morales-Nebreda, Avni A Bavishi, J. Arnold, A. Pawlowski, Chao Qi, G. S. Budinger, Benjamin D. Singer, R. Wunderink   +14 more
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