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Signs and symptoms indicative of community-acquired pneumonia in infants under six months

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
OBJECTIVE: Evaluation of the clinical signs and symptoms predicting bacterial and viral pneumonia, in accordance with the Brazilian National Control Program for Acute Respiratory (ARI). METHODS: Observational prospective study.
Maria de Fátima Bazhuni Pombo March, Clemax Couto Sant'Anna   +1 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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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
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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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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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CRP/Neopterin Ratio and Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Patients with Different Forms of Pneumonia: Results of a Pilot Study

Microorganisms
Background: Pneumonia is one of the most common infectious diseases, mostly caused by viruses or bacteria. In response to bacteria or viruses which are different but which also are partly overlapping, innate and adaptive immune responses are induced ...
Katharina Konstanze Lilly Wagner, Daniele Corda, Andreas Steinmayr, Francesco Burkert, Dietmar Fuchs, Johanna Gostner, Stefanie Hofer, Lucia Parrakova, Irina Gasslitter, Günter Weiss, Christian Irsara, Sarah Maier, Andrea Griesmacher, Rosa Bellmann-Weiler, Katharina Kurz   +14 more
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Risk of Parkinson’s Disease after a Diagnosis of Bacterial Pneumonia: A Nationwide Longitudinal Follow-up Study

Journal of Medical Sciences
Background: Parkinson’s disease (PD) is receiving increasing attention owing to the possibility of its immense burden on society in the future. The inconsistent findings of previous studies highlight that different pathogens and infection sites may have ...
Chih-Sung Liang, Fu-Chi Yang, Shih-Jen Tsai, Ya-Mei Bai, Chia-Kuang Tsai, Mu-Hong Chen   +5 more
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Effect of vaccination on morbidity and mortality from community-acquired pneumonia

Acta Biomedica Scientifica
Background. Community-acquired pneumonia remains one of the most common and life-threatening forms of pathology among respiratory diseases.The aim of the study. To identify the features of the epidemiology of communityacquired pneumonia in the conditions
T. A. Bayanova, E. S. Stukova, N. A. Kravchenko   +2 more
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Measurement of complement receptor 1 on neutrophils in bacterial and viral pneumonia

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2006
Background A reliable prediction of the causative agent of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is not possible based on clinical features. Our aim was to test, whether the measurement of the expression of complement receptors or Fcγ receptors on ...
Nikoskelainen Jukka, Laitinen Iina, Lilius Esa-Matti, Nuutila Jari, Hohenthal Ulla, Kotilainen Pirkko   +5 more
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