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Improving Early Identification of Microbial Etiology in Severe Pediatric Pneumonia by Using Inflammatory Profiles: A Cross-sectional Study

Güncel Pediatri
Introduction: Pediatric pneumonia can result from bacterial or viral pathogens, presenting with overlapping clinical features, which makes accurate differentiation challenging.
Quang Chi Ngo, Hung Do Tran, Nhan Thanh Thi Nguyen, My Le Hoang, Loan Kim Thi Duong   +4 more
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Procalcitonin and C-reactive protein for invasive bacterial pneumonia diagnosis among children in Mozambique, a malaria-endemic area.

PLoS ONE, 2010
BackgroundPneumonia is the major cause of mortality and morbidity in children worldwide. Procalcitonin (PCT) and C-reactive protein (CRP) are used in developed countries to differentiate between viral and bacterial causes of pneumonia.
Núria Díez-Padrisa, Quique Bassat, Sonia Machevo, Llorenç Quintó, Luis Morais, Tacilta Nhampossa, Cristina O'Callaghan-Gordo, Antoni Torres, Pedro L Alonso, Anna Roca   +9 more
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Limited asymptomatic carriage of Pneumocystis jiroveci in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients [PDF]

, 2003
Forty-seven bronchoalveolar lavage fluid samples from 16 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients were used to test the latency model of Pneumocystis infection in the human host.
Ambrose, HE, Denis, CM, Lindley, AR, Miller, RF, Wakefield, AE   +4 more
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The integration of the British Pharmacological Society's prescription safety assessment into the WHO 6‐step model of rational pharmacotherapy in a Turkish medical school

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims At Koç University School of Medicine, a one‐week rational pharmacotherapy (RPHM) programme, modelled after WHO 6‐step, has been introduced in the fourth‐year curriculum to improve prescription skills. For efficient problem‐based learning (PBL) sessions on a prespecified topic, students need to brush up on basic pharmacology knowledge, so we ...
Sinem Ezgi Gülmez, Gülnihal Özcan, Hakan S. Orer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Clinical characteristics and predictive models for hospitalized patients with COVID-19 combined with bacterial pneumonia.

PLoS ONE
BackgroundThis study aimed to analyze the clinical characteristics of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 combined with bacterial pneumonia and establish a predictive model to assist clinicians in the differential diagnosis and evaluation of the ...
Man Yuan, Mei Liang, Jian Xu, Da He, Yanfang Zhang, Xiaoran Li, Jinzhi He, Yang Yang, Zhiyong Zong, Junyan Qu   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Challenges in estimating the impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines through surveillance [PDF]

, 2012
SCOPUS: re.jinfo:eu-repo/semantics ...
Hanquet, Germaine, Vergison, Anne
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Clinical pharmacology and prescribing education: An updated medical school curriculum from the British Pharmacological Society

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims Prescribing is a complex, essential skill that doctors must acquire to practice medicine safely and effectively. The British Pharmacological Society has historically provided a core curriculum to guide clinical pharmacology and prescribing education in UK medical schools.
Dagan O. Lonsdale, Clare Guilding, Jennifer Koenig, Michael Okorie, Reecha Sofat, Simon Maxwell   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pneumonija kod bolesnika sa imunskim deficitom [PDF]

Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2002
Marinković Olivera, Aćimović Slobodan
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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?

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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Cavitary Pneumonia Causes in the Arid Landscapes of Southern Arizona

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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