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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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Acute respiratory distress syndrome in COVID-19: possible mechanisms and therapeutic management
Pneumonia, 2021 COVID-19 pandemic is a serious concern in the new era. Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and lung failure are the main lung diseases in COVID-19 patients.
Anolin Aslan +3 more
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Viral pneumonia in adults and older children in sub-Saharan Africa — epidemiology, aetiology, diagnosis and management [PDF]
, 2014 Community-acquired pneumonia causes substantial morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa with an estimated 131 million new cases each year. Viruses — such as influenza virus, respiratory syncytial virus and parainfluenza virus — are now recognised ...
Ho, Antonia
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Pneumonia, 2017 Background Patients with recurrent respiratory tract infections and an impaired response to pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccination are diagnosed with a specific antibody deficiency.
Diana van Kessel +6 more
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Chlamydophila pneumoniae [PDF]
Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2009 Chlamydophila pneumoniae infection is ubiquitous. It accounts for 10% of community-acquired pneumonias and 5% of cases of pharyngitis, bronchitis and sinusitis in both immunocompetent and immunocompromised hosts. It is also involved in exacerbations of chronic bronchitis and asthma. Moreover, C.
F. Blasi, P. Tarsia, S. Aliberti
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The air we breathe: understanding the impact of the environment on pneumonia
Pneumonia, 2022 An increased risk of community-acquired pneumonia has been shown in residents of rural livestock farming areas in the Netherlands and United States, probably due to air pollution exposure or zoonotic infections.
Lidwien A. M. Smit
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HIV infection is associated with elevated biomarkers of immune activation in Ugandan adults with pneumonia. [PDF]
, 2019 IntroductionPneumonia is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in persons living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. How immune activation differs among HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected adults with pneumonia is unknown.MethodsThe ...
Byanyima, Patrick +16 more
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Community acquired paediatric pneumonia; experience from a pneumococcal vaccine- naive population
Pneumonia, 2020 Background Childhood pneumonia continues to be a disease that causes severe morbidity and mortality among children mainly in South-East Asia and Africa though it is not so in the developed world. Pneumonia accounts for 16% of all deaths of children under
Sanath Thushara Kudagammana +3 more
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Effect of case management on neonatal mortality due to sepsis and pneumonia. [PDF]
, 2011 BACKGROUND: Each year almost one million newborns die from infections, mostly in low-income countries. Timely case management would save many lives but the relative mortality effect of varying strategies is unknown.
Bhutta, Zulfiqar A +7 more
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