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Establishing an ICD-10 code based SARI-surveillance in Germany – description of the system and first results from five recent influenza seasons

BMC Public Health, 2017
Background Syndromic surveillance of severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) is important to assess seriousness of disease as recommended by WHO for influenza.
S. Buda, K. Tolksdorf, E. Schuler, R. Kuhlen, W. Haas   +4 more
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Outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 linked with consumption of a fast-food product containing imported cucumbers, United Kingdom, August 2020

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background: In August 2020, an outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O157:H7 occurred in the United Kingdom. Whole genome sequencing revealed that these cases formed a genetically distinct cluster.
Ranya Mulchandani, Clare Brehmer, Saira Butt, Bhavita Vishram, Melissa Harrison, Elizabeth Marchant, Simon Ferris, Frieda Jorgensen, Robert Smith, Gauri Godbole, Claire Jenkins, Timothy J. Dallman, Neville Q. Verlander, Nick Phin, Dan Todkill, Saheer Gharbia, Jeremy Hawker   +16 more
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Miliary tuberculosis in a patient with tuberculous mycotic aneurysm of the abdominal aorta: Case report and review of the literature

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2017
The combination of miliary tuberculosis and tuberculous mycotic aneurysm has been described in the literature. We present the case of an 84-year-old man who was diagnosed with a mycotic aneurysm of the abdominal aorta and an adjacent soft tissue mass ...
Katerina Manika, Christoforos Efthymiou, Georgios Damianidis, Elisavet Zioga, Eleni Papadaki, Kalliopi Lagoudi, Ioannis Kioumis   +6 more
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Respiratory Infections [PDF]

, 2014
The respiratory tract is a common site of infection in cancer patients and is associated with substantial moribidity and mortality in this population. Cancer, chemotherapy, and radiation can all cause noninfectious pulmonary infiltrates and respiratory symptoms that can masquerade as a respiratory tract infection.
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Chemoprophylaxis of respiratory infections [PDF]

Postgraduate Medical Journal, 1976
SummaryChemoprophylaxis of certain respiratory infections has been described. The benefit and cost of chemoprophylaxis of tuberculosis have been compared and indications outlined. While some protection against influenzal infection by drugs of the adamantane group has been demonstrated, chemoprophylaxis against respiratory virus infections is as yet ...
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Management of Mycobacterium avium complex and Mycobacterium abscessus pulmonary disease: therapeutic advances and emerging treatments

European Respiratory Review, 2022
Nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease (NTM-PD) remains a challenging condition to diagnose and treat effectively. Treatment of NTM-PD is prolonged, frequently associated with adverse effects and has variable success.
Kartik Kumar, Charles L. Daley, David E. Griffith, Michael R. Loebinger   +3 more
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Respiratory Infections

, 2010
Until recently, conventional culture techniques and immunofluorecence assays were considered the gold standard for the detection of respiratory viruses, even though results are mostly available too late or lacked specificity and sensitivity. These methods are now widely replaced with appropriate DNA- and RNA-based amplification techniques, in ...
Nissen, Michael D., Lambert, Stephen B., Whiley, David M., Sloots, Theo P.   +3 more
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Immunomodulatory effect of macrolides: At what cost?

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2016
We present the case of a 60-year old female patient, with a 10 year history of non-CF bronchiectasis and use of macrolides as maintenance immunomodulatory treatment, who was diagnosed with macrolide-resistant Mycobacterium avium complex lung disease ...
Maria Kipourou, Katerina Manika, Apostolos Papavasileiou, Georgia Pitsiou, Martha Lada, Evangelos Ntinapogias, Ioannis Kioumis   +6 more
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Distribution and clinical significance of circulating CD8+CD28− regulatory T cells in the peripheral blood of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2022
Background Regulatory T cells (Treg cells) in the peripheral blood of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) may be closely related to the progression of PTB.
Xin Yu, Yao Lin, Hui Chen, Min-Juan Wu, Li-Na Huang, Yi-Yan Song, Bin-Bin Gu, Zhi-Jian Ye, Ping Xu, Jian-Ping Zhang, Jun-Chi Xu   +10 more
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Campylobacter fetus Bacteremia Related to Vascular Prosthesis and Pseudoaneurysm Infection: A Case Report and Review

Pathogens, 2022
Background. Campylobacter fetus rarely causes gastrointestinal diseases but shows an affinity for the endovascular epithelium. Methods. We describe a case of C.
Karolina Dobrović, Branko Fila, Andrea Janeš, Rok Civljak   +3 more
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