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Antibiotic therapy for bacterial pneumonia

Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Care and Sciences
Pneumonia is a common infection in patients of all ages. Determining its etiology and selecting antibiotic therapy are challenging for physicians in both private practice and hospitals.
Hideo Kato
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Procalcitonin level comparison in HIV/AIDS patients between non-bacterial and bacterial pneumonia in East Indonesia [PDF]

, 2021
Lower respiratory tract infections including pneumonia were the most common diseases diagnosed in HIV/AIDS patients. Bacteria, fungi, and viruses were pathogens that were often detected in pneumonia cases and required different management.
Yudhawati Meliana Resti, ,-, Anang Marahana, Isnin, Ajipurnomo, Adhari, Shimizu, Kazufumi, Illiandri, Oski   +4 more
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Biomarkers of host response predict primary end-point radiological pneumonia in Tanzanian children with clinical pneumonia : a prospective cohort study [PDF]

, 2015
Diagnosing pediatric pneumonia is challenging in low-resource settings. The World Health Organization (WHO) has defined primary end-point radiological pneumonia for use in epidemiological and vaccine studies.
Nimerta Rajwans, Philipina Hongoa (795097), Kevin C Kain, Kyla Hayford (795094), Mary Kilowoko (795095), Hongoa, P., Laura K. Erdman (355452), Nimerta Rajwans (202154), Kyungu, Esther, Kyla Hayford, David L. Streiner (355456), Hayford, Kyla, Leonor Alamo, Laura K Erdman, Mary Kilowoko, Blaise Genton, Rajwans, Nimerta, Alamo, Leonor, Valérie D’Acremont (729622), Hayford, K., Esther Kyungu, Erdman, L.K., Genton, Blaise, Streiner, David L., Leonor Alamo (795098), Alamo, L., Valérie D'Acremont, Kevin C. Kain (63269), David L Streiner, Kyungu, E., Kain, Kevin C., Kain, K.C., Hongoa, Philipina, D'Acremont, Valérie, Erdman, Laura K., Rajwans, N., D'Acremont, V., Kilowoko, M., Philipina Hongoa, Blaise Genton (67109), Kilowoko, Mary, Genton, B., Esther Kyungu (795096), Streiner, D.L.   +43 more
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The changes of prevalence and etiology of pediatric pneumonia from National Emergency Department Information System in Korea, between 2007 and 2014 [PDF]

Korean Journal of Pediatrics, 2018
Purpose Understanding changes in pathogen and pneumonia prevalence among pediatric pneumonia patients is important for the prevention of infectious diseases.
Eun Ju Shin, Yunsun Kim, Jin-Young Jeong, Yu Mi Jung, Mi-Hee Lee, Eun Hee Chung   +5 more
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Lung Ultrasound and Neutrophil Lymphocyte Ratio in Early Diagnosis and Differentiation between Viral and Bacterial Pneumonia in Young Children

Children, 2022
Lung ultrasound (LUS) is a crucial diagnostic tool for identifying pneumonia in the pediatric age group. However, it plays a limited role in the early distinction between viral and bacterial pneumonia in children.
Ahmed Omran, Heba Awad, Mostafa Ibrahim, Sonya El-Sharkawy, Samar Elfiky, Ahmed R. Rezk   +5 more
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Post-COVID-19 Bacterial Pneumonia: Diagnosis and Treatment

, 2023
COVID-19 patients, particularly those with severe symptoms, are more susceptible to developing secondary bacterial infections due to weakened immune systems.
Dr. SETHI DAS, Dr. SIBI DAS, Dr. JIBIN V GLADSTON, Dr. SILVANOSE   +3 more
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Bacterial Pneumonia in the Elderly

Medicine, 1983
Bacterial pneumonia in the elderly is common, and causes more morbidity and mortality than in the younger adult. As patients live longer with more underlying disease and more iatrogenic disease, the incidence of nosocomial pneumonia will probably rise.
Verghese, Abraham, Berk, Steven L.
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Use of antibiotics within the IMCI guidelines in outpatient settings in Papua New Guinean children : an observational and effectiveness study [PDF]

, 2014
There is a need to investigate the effectiveness and appropriateness of antibiotics prescription within the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) strategy in the context of routine outpatient clinics.; Making use of a passive case detection ...
Doris Manong, Mueller, Ivo, Rogerson, Stephen, Siba, P, Mary Salib, Ivo Mueller, Peter Siba, Siba, Peter, Rogerson, S, Mueller, I, Genton, B, Salib, Mary, Senn, Nicolas, Senn, N, Rarau, P, Nicolas Senn, Blaise Genton, Manong, Doris, Salib, M, Rarau, Patricia, Patricia Rarau, Stephen Rogerson, Manong, D, Genton, Blaise   +23 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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Decreasing incidence and determinants of Bacterial Pneumonia in people with HIV: The Swiss HIV Cohort Study [PDF]

, 2022
BACKGROUND Bacterial pneumonia is one of the leading reasons for hospitalization among people with HIV (PWH), yet there is limited evidence regarding its drivers in the era of potent antiretroviral therapy.
Battegay, Manuel, Calmy, A., Hauser, C., Günthard, Huldrych F, Roth, J.A., Cavassini, M., Battegay, M., Balakrishna, S., Calmy, Alexandra, Bernasconi, Enos, Balakrishna, Suraj, Kachalov, Viacheslav, Swiss HIV Cohort Study, Schmid, Patrick, Kouyos, Roger D, Furrer, Hansjakob, Wolfensberger, Aline, Kusejko, K., Schmid, P., Furrer, H., Kouyos, R.D., Kachalov, V., Scherrer, A.U., Günthard, H.F., Roth, Jan A, Cavassini, Matthias; https://orcid.org/, Kusejko, Katharina, Scherrer, Alexandra U, Hauser, Christoph, Wolfensberger, A., Cavassini, Matthias, Bernasconi, E.   +31 more
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