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Clinical algorithm reduces antibiotic use among children presenting with respiratory symptoms to hospital in central Vietnam

Pneumonia, 2023
Objective To assess the safety and utility of a pragmatic clinical algorithm to guide rational antibiotic use in children presenting with respiratory infection. Methods The effect of an algorithm to guide the management of young (
Phuong TK Nguyen, Tam TM Nguyen, Lan TB Huynh, Stephen M Graham, Ben J Marais   +4 more
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Cancer patients with community-acquired pneumonia treated in intensive care have poorer outcomes associated with increased illness severity and septic shock at admission to intensive care: a retrospective cohort study

Pneumonia, 2015
Patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and an underlying diagnosis of cancer have worse outcomes. However, the characteristics of cancer patients with CAP admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) are not well established.
Ricardo J José, Ali O Mohammed, James Goldring, Rachel Chambers, Jeremy Brown, Banwari Agarwal   +5 more
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Risk of pneumonia in the vicinity of goat farms: a comparative assessment of temporal variation based on longitudinal health data

Pneumonia, 2023
Background Although the association between living in the vicinity of a goat farm and the occurrence of pneumonia is well-documented, it is unclear whether the higher risk of pneumonia in livestock dense areas is season-specific or not.
C. Joris Yzermans, Youri P. Moleman, Peter Spreeuwenberg, Mark M.J. Nielen, Michel L.A. Dückers, Lidwien A.M. Smit, Christos Baliatsas   +6 more
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Severe lower respiratory tract infection in early infancy and pneumonia hospitalizations among children, Kenya. [PDF]

, 2013
Severe lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) in infants caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) has been associated with later pneumonia hospitalization among children.
Eric O. Ohuma, Nokes, D. James, Nokes, DJ, Ngama, Mwanajuma, Ngama, M, Patrick Kiio Munywoki, Bauni, E, Scott, J Anthony G, Ohuma, Eric O., Munywoki, Patrick Kiio, Scott, John, Ohuma, EO, J. Anthony G. Scott, Munywoki, PK, Bauni, Evasius, Mwanajuma Ngama, Scott, J. Anthony G., Nokes, D James, Ohuma, Eric O, Evasius Bauni, D. James Nokes   +20 more
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Three Month Follow-Up of Patients With COVID-19 Pneumonia Complicated by Pulmonary Embolism [PDF]

, 2022
Background: Previous studies have demonstrated persistent dyspnoea and impairment of respiratory function in the follow-up of patients who have recovered from COVID-19 pneumonia. However, no studies have evaluated the clinical and functional consequences
Allocca V, Flora M, Meoli I, Calabrese C, Pafundi PC, Fiorentino G. Three Month Follow-Up of Patients With COVID-19 Pneumonia Complicated by Pulmonary Embolism., Mariniello DF, Coppola A, Annunziata A, Palma MI   +9 more
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Corynebacteria as a cause of pulmonary infection: a case series and literature review

Pneumonia, 2018
Background In most cases of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), an etiologic agent is not determined; the most common report from the microbiological evaluation of sputum cites “normal respiratory flora.” Non-diphtheria Corynebacterium spp., a component ...
Katharine Yang, Robert L. Kruse, Weijie V. Lin, Daniel M. Musher   +3 more
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Treating childhood pneumonia in hard-to-reach areas: a model-based comparison of mobile clinics and community-based care. [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: Where hard-to-access populations (such as those living in insecure areas) lack access to basic health services, relief agencies, donors, and ministries of health face a dilemma in selecting the most effective intervention strategy. This paper
Francesco Checchi, Roberts Bayard, Roberts, Bayard, Pitt, Catherine, Checchi Francesco, Checchi, Francesco, Pitt Catherine, Catherine Pitt, Bayard Roberts   +8 more
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Vitamin D, innate immunity and outcomes in community acquired pneumonia

, 2011
We investigated the associations between vitamin D status, the antimicrobial peptides cathelicidin and beta defensin-2 and outcomes in community acquired pneumonia.
Karalus, Noel, LEONG LEOW, Cursons, Raymond T., RAY CURSONS, Hancox, Robert J., Leow, Leong, NOEL KARALUS, ROBERT J. HANCOX, TALIA SIMPSON, Leong, Talia   +9 more
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Rationale and methods of a randomized controlled trial of immunogenicity, safety and impact on carriage of pneumococcal conjugate and polysaccharide vaccines in infants in Papua New Guinea

Pneumonia, 2017
Background Children in third-world settings including Papua New Guinea (PNG) experience early onset of carriage with a broad range of pneumococcal serotypes, resulting in a high incidence of severe pneumococcal disease and deaths in the first 2 years of ...
Deborah Lehmann, Wendy Kirarock, Anita H. J. van den Biggelaar, Megan Passey, Peter Jacoby, Gerard Saleu, Geraldine Masiria, Birunu Nivio, Andrew Greenhill, Tilda Orami, Jacinta Francis, Rebecca Ford, Lea-Ann Kirkham, Vela Solomon, Peter C. Richmond, William S. Pomat, for the 10v13v PCV trial team   +16 more
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PNEUMONIA: [PDF]

The Lancet, 1910
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