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Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, 2017 Neonatal pneumonia may occur in isolation or as one component of a larger infectious process. Bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites are all potential causes of neonatal pneumonia, and may be transmitted vertically from the mother or acquired from the postnatal environment.
Hooven, Thomas A., Polin, Richard A.
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Pneumonia, Aspiration Pneumonia, or Frailty-Associated Pneumonia?
Geriatrics, 2022 Pneumonia is a common reason for admission afflicting frail older adults. Those who are the frailest are more likely to be provided with a diagnosis of aspiration pneumonia. This diagnosis has no clear definition and no clinical consensus. It is therefore time to stop attempting to differentiate between pneumonia type and use the term frailty ...
David G. Smithard, Yuki Yoshimatsu
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Pediatrics In Review, 2008 By nearly any criteria, pneumonia (infection of the pulmonary parenchyma) must be considered one of the most important categories of disease affecting the respiratory system. This chapter is organized primarily as a general discussion of the clinical problem of pneumonia.
Weinberger, Steven E. +2 more
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Pneumonia and Streptococcus pneumoniae vaccine [PDF]
Archives of Pharmacal Research, 2017 Pneumonia is an inflammatory disease of the lung, responsible for high morbidity and mortality worldwide. It is caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi, or other microorganisms. Streptococcus pneumoniae, a gram-positive bacterium with over 90 serotypes, is the most common causative agent.
Dong-Kwon Rhee +2 more
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When is pneumonia not pneumonia? [PDF]
BMJ Case Reports, 2015 A 34-year-old man was admitted to hospital via the accident and emergency department with severe right-sided abdominal pain and raised inflammatory markers. His pain settled with analgaesia and he was discharged with a course of oral co-amoxiclav. He was readmitted to the hospital 7 days later reporting cough and shortness of breath.
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Klebsiella pneumoniae pneumonia
Heart & Lung, 1997 Klebsiella pneumoniae is an uncommon cause of community-acquired pneumonia except in alcoholics. Klebsiella may mimic pulmonary reactivation tuberculosis because it presents with hemoptysis and cavitating lesions. Klebsiella pneumoniae is a difficult infection to treat because of the organism's thick capsule.
Natalie C. Klein +7 more
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Community Case Management of Fever Due to Malaria and Pneumonia in Children Under Five in Zambia: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial [PDF]
, 2010 In a cluster randomized trial, Kojo Yeboah-Antwi and colleagues find that integrated management of malaria and pneumonia in children under five by community health workers is both feasible and effective. BACKGROUND.
Hamainza, Busiku +12 more
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Candida species in community-acquired pneumonia in patients with chronic aspiration
Pneumonia, 2021 Background When Candida species is found in a sputum culture, clinicians generally dismiss it as a contaminant. We sought to identify cases of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in which Candida might play a contributory etiologic role.
Benjamin J. Moss, Daniel M. Musher
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The History of Mycoplasma pneumoniae Pneumonia [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2016 In the United States in the 1930s, although the pathogen was not known, atypical pneumonia was clinically distinguished from pneumococcal pneumonia by its resistance to sulfonamides. Reimann (1938) reported seven patients with an unusual form of tracheo bronchopneumonia and severe constitutional symptoms.
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