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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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Diagnostic and prognostic value of serum HBP combined with PCT, CRP, and SAA in early-stage pneumonia [PDF]

Virology Journal
Objective To assess the diagnostic efficacy of serum heparin-binding protein (HBP) as a standalone biomarker and in combination panels for distinguishing early-stage bacterial from viral pneumonia, and to explore its prognostic value in predicting ...
Pengju Cao, Songgao Zhang, Jiangang Huang, Wanru Dai   +3 more
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Prokineticin 2 promotes macrophages-mediated antibacterial host defense against bacterial pneumonia

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2022
: Objectives: Bacterial pneumonia is a common serious infectious disease with high morbidity and mortality. Prokineticin 2 (PK2) has recently been identified as a novel immunomodulator in a variety of diseases; however, its role in bacterial pneumonia ...
Qianqian Tu, Xiaoyan Yu, Wei Xie, Yetao Luo, Hong Tang, Kai Chen, Yanting Ruan, Yue Li, Jie Zhou, Yibing Yin, Dapeng Chen, Zhixin Song   +11 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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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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Characterization and Comparison of 2 Distinct Epidemic Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clones of ST59 Lineage. [PDF]

, 2013
Sequence type (ST) 59 is an epidemic lineage of community-associated (CA) methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates. Taiwanese CA-MRSA isolates belong to ST59 and can be grouped into 2 distinct clones, a virulent Taiwan clone and a ...
A Bera, A Holmes, AE Fossum, AM Milstone, B Loffler, BA Diep, BE Gonzalez, BE Gonzalez, C Goerke, C Weidenmaier, Chih-Jung Chen, CJ Chen, CJ Chen, CJ Chen, CJ Chen, CJC de Haas, Clemens Unger, CP Montgomery, dS Aires, FC Tenover, FJ Chen, Friedrich Götz, GM Pupo, GW Coombs, J Bubeck Wardenburg, J Bubeck Wardenburg, J Kaneko, JM Voyich, Jodi A. Lindsay, K Georgiades, KB Kiser, LY Hsu, M Labandeira-Rey, M Otto, MR Mulvey, MZ David, N Zetola, Paul J. Planet, PE Fournier, PL Ho, R Wang, S Herbert, SHM Rooijakkers, SL Kaplan, T Jin, T Jin, V Merhej, WJ Wannet, WJB van Wamel, Wolfgang Hoffmann, Y Gillet, YC Huang, YC Huang, YC Huang, YC Huang, Yhu-Chering Huang   +55 more
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Prevalence of bacterial pneumonia among HIV-Seropositive patients in East Africa: Review

Cogent Medicine, 2021
Bacterial pneumonia is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality among the HIV-seropositive patients still in the era of combination Antiretroviral Therapy. The actual burden of bacterial pneumonia in HIV-seropositive patients is not well documented
Kindu Alem
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Metagenomic identification of pathogenic bacteria for pneumonia from postmortem lung tissue

Human Pathology Reports, 2022
Pathologists have been concerned about the validity of bacterial cultures from lung tissue for the postmortem identification of pneumonia-associated pathogens. Therefore, we studied whether pathogenic bacteria that cause pneumonia could be identified via
Hidenori Yoshizawa, Daisuke Motooka, Shota Nakamura, Ken-ichi Yoshida   +3 more
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Increased pathogenicity of pneumococcal serotype 1 is driven by rapid autolysis and release of pneumolysin [PDF]

, 2020
Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 1 is the predominant cause of invasive pneumococcal disease in sub-Saharan Africa, but the mechanism behind its increased invasiveness is not well understood.
Baltazar, Murielle, Bricio-Moreno, Laura, Dowson, Christopher G., Everett, Dean B., Jacques, Laura C., Kadioglu, Aras, Khandaker, Shadia, Neill, Daniel R., Panagiotou, Stavros, Senghore, Madikay, Xu, Rong, Yang, Marie   +11 more
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Risk factors for in-hospital mortality and secondary bacterial pneumonia among hospitalized adult patients with community-acquired influenza: a large retrospective cohort study

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2023
Background Secondary bacterial pneumonia is an important complication of seasonal influenza, but little data is available about impact on death and risk factors.
Guangzhao Yi, Marlieke E. A. de Kraker, Niccolò Buetti, Xiaoni Zhong, Jinyan Li, Zhe Yuan, Weimin Zhu, Jia Zhou, Hongyu Zhou   +8 more
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