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Procalcitonin and C-reactive protein for invasive bacterial pneumonia diagnosis among children in Mozambique, a malaria-endemic area. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2010
Pneumonia 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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Blood biomarkers differentiating viral versus bacterial pneumonia aetiology: a literature review

Italian Journal of Pediatrics, 2020
Background and objectives The goal of this literature review is to compare current studies regarding the accuracy of different serum markers in differentiating viral from bacterial pneumonia in the pediatric population with what is employed in the ...
Jithin Thomas, Aiste Pociute, R. Kėvalas, M. Malinauskas, Lina Jankauskaitė   +4 more
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Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Strain Distribution of Group A Streptococcus Carriage Among Indigenous Children in the Southwest United States

Proceedings
Background [...]
Catherine G. Sutcliffe, Victoria M. Sergent, Joyselynn Pitalua, Sopio Chochua, Christopher J. Gregory, Chloe Hurley, Zhongya Li, Saundra Mathis, Lesley McGee, Jennifer Onukwube Okaro, Theresa Tran, Robert Weatherholtz, Laura L. Hammitt   +12 more
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Systematic review and meta-analysis on the etiology of bacterial pneumonia in children in sub-Saharan Africa

Journal of Public Health in Africa, 2022
Introduction. Before the introduction of vaccination to protect children from pneumonia, Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae type B (HiB) were the most frequent aetiological agents causing bacterial pneumonia in children under five years ...
Chukwuemeka Onwuchekwa, Bassey Edem, Victor Williams, Ibiloye Olujuwon, Musa Jallow, Binta Sanyang, Kristien Verdonck   +6 more
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A prospective randomized trial of fk506 versus cyclosporine after human pulmonary transplantation [PDF]

, 1994
We have conducted a unique prospective randomized study to compare the effect of PK506 and cyclosporine (CsA) as the principal immunosuppressive agents after pulmonary transplantation.
Armitage, JM, Bando, KO, Fung, JJ, Griffith, BP, Hardesty, RL, Keenan, RJ, Komatsu, K, Konishi, H, Paradis, IL, Pham, SM, Starzl, TE, Yousem, SA   +11 more
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HIV-associated pneumonia: bacterial, fungal, viral

Pacific Medical Journal
The paper presents a critical analysis of the data on incidence and etiology of pneumonia among patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The features and prospects of differential diagnosis for various types of pneumonia are considered.
V. V. Lavreniuk, S. Beniova, A. Simakova, I. Gorelova, A. O. Mikhaylov, A. V. Nagornaia, Yu. L. Kondrashova   +6 more
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SARS-CoV-2-related pneumonia cases in pneumonia picture in Russia in March-May 2020: Secondary bacterial pneumonia and viral co-infections

Journal of Global Health, 2020
Background We are communicating the results of investigating statistics on SARS-CoV-2-related pneumonias in Russia: percentage, mortality, cases with other viral agents, cases accompanied by secondary bacterial pneumonias, age breakdown, clinical course ...
K. Sharov
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Incidence of Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infections and Comparison of emm Types from Carriage, Pharyngitis, and Invasive Infections in Indigenous Communities in the Southwest United States

Proceedings
Background: Indigenous communities are disproportionately affected by group A Streptococcus (GAS) infections [...]
Catherine G. Sutcliffe, Victoria M. Sergent, Joyselynn Pitalua, Sopio Chochua, Christopher J. Gregory, Chloe Hurley, Zhongya Li, Saundra Mathis, Lesley McGee, Jennifer Onukwube Okaro, Theresa Tran, Robert Weatherholtz, Laura L. Hammitt   +12 more
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Recognition and management of respiratory co-infection and secondary bacterial pneumonia in patients with COVID-19

Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine, 2020
In COVID-19, respiratory infection with SARS-CoV-2 plus another virus (viral co-infection) or with SARS-CoV-2 plus a bacterial pathogen (combined viral and bacterial pneumonia) has been described.
Chao-ping Wu, Fatima Adhi, K. Highland
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ANTIBIOTIC STEWARDSHIP STRATEGIES TO LIMIT INAPPROPRIATE ANTIBIOTIC USE AND REDUCE MULTI-DRUG RESISTANT PATHOGENS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2023
Antibiotics have been extensively used in COVID-19 patients without a clear indication. COVID-19 pneumonia is associated with a mortality up to 20% varying by country with the number of global deaths over 5 million. Antibiotics have been extensively used
Anucha Apisarnthanarak
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