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Pneumonia is a common acute respiratory infection that affects the alveoli and distal airways; it is a major health problem and associated with high morbidity and short-term and long-term mortality in all age groups worldwide. Pneumonia is broadly divided into community-acquired pneumonia or hospital-acquired pneumonia.
Antoni Torres +6 more
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Ventilator-associated events: From surveillance to optimizing management
Mechanical ventilation (MV) is a life-support therapy that may predispose to morbid and lethal complications, with ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) being the most prevalent.
Sergio Ramirez-Estrada +3 more
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As new, efficacious respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) immunization products reach the market, affordable pricing as well as improved estimation of disease burden and the full potential and cost effectiveness of RSV prevention in the hardest hit ...
Padmini Srikantiah, Keith P. Klugman
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Etiology of community-acquired pneumonia in adults: a systematic review
Background The etiology of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) has evolved since the beginning of the antibiotic era. Recent guidelines encourage immediate empiric antibiotic treatment once a diagnosis of CAP is made.
Saeed Shoar, Daniel M. Musher
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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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Background A mixed pulmonary infection of Mycobacterium bacteremicum and three different isolates of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) is an unusual clinical manifestation and have not yet been indicated. In this case report, we reported four isolates of
Morteza Masoumi +7 more
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Increasing Pneumocystis pneumonia, England, UK, 2000-2010. [PDF]
After an increase in the number of reported cases of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in England, we investigated data from 2000-2010 to verify the increase. We analyzed national databases for microbiological and clinical diagnoses of P.
Nichols, Gordon +13 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]
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 +43 more
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Background Variation in outcomes of patients with community acquired pneumonia (CAP) has been reported in some, but not all, studies. Although some variation is expected, unwarranted variation in healthcare impacts patient outcomes and equity of care ...
H. Lawrence, W. S. Lim, T. M. McKeever
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