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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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Poverty, dirt, infections and non-atopic wheezing in children from a Brazilian urban center. [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND: The causation of asthma is poorly understood. Risk factors for atopic and non-atopic asthma may be different. This study aimed to analyze the associations between markers of poverty, dirt and infections and wheezing in atopic and non-atopic ...
Barreto, Mauricio L, Cooper Philip J, Fiaccone, Rosemeire, Cooper, Philip J, Cruz, Alvaro A, Rosemeire Fiaccone, Neuza Alcantara-Neves, Prado, Matildes, Santos, Darci N, Alcantara-Neves Neuza, Darci N Santos, Alvim, Sheila, Esquivel, Renata, Cunha, Sergio S, Amorim, Leila D, Strina, Agostino, Matildes Prado, Santos Darci N, Esquivel Renata, Sergio S Cunha, Alvaro A Cruz, Alcantara-Neves, Neuza, Renata Esquivel, Alvim Sheila, Rodrigues Laura C, Cruz Alvaro A, Agostino Strina, Amorim Leila D, Prado Matildes, Leila D Amorim, Laura C Rodrigues, Cunha Sergio S, Sheila Alvim, Philip J Cooper, Strina Agostino, Mauricio L Barreto, Fiaccone Rosemeire, Barreto Mauricio L, Rodrigues, Laura C   +38 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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Protective effect of antibiotics against serious complications of common respiratory tract infections: retrospective cohort study with the UK General Practice research database

, 2007
Objective: To determine the extent to which antibiotics reduce the risk of serious complications after common respiratory tract infections. Design: Retrospective cohort study.
Johnson, A. M., Livermore, D. M., Hayward, A.C., Livermore, D.M., Islam, A., Petersen, I., Duckworth, G., Johnson, A.M., Peterson, I., Hayward, A. C.   +9 more
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Cost-Effectiveness of Point-of-Care C-Reactive Protein Tests for Respiratory Tract Infection in Primary Care in England [PDF]

, 2015
Introduction Despite recommendations that general practitioners (GPs) delay antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infections (RTIs), antibiotic prescriptions in primary care in England increased by 4.1% from 2010 to 2013.
Hunter, R, Rachael Hunter
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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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Increased health service use for asthma, but decreased for COPD: Northumbrian hospital episodes, 2013–2014 [PDF]

, 2016
The burden of respiratory disease has persisted over the years, for both men and women. The aim of the present study was to investigate the hospital episode rates in respiratory disease and to understand whether and how the use of the health service for ...
Shiue, Ivy, I. Shiue
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Global, Regional, and National Burden of Upper Respiratory Infections and Otitis Media, 1990–2021: A Systematic Analysis From the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 [PDF]

Background: Upper respiratory infections (URIs) are the leading cause of acute disease incidence worldwide and contribute to a substantial health-care burden.
GBD 2021 Upper Respiratory Infections Otitis Media Collaborators, Solanki, Ranjan, GBD 2021 Upper Respiratory Infections Otitis Media Collaborators,, Luca Cegolon   +3 more
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Recent diarrhoeal illness and risk of lower respiratory infections in children under the age of 5 years. [PDF]

, 2009
BACKGROUND: Children in low-income settings suffering from frequent diarrhoea episodes are also at a high risk of acute lower respiratory infections (ALRI).
Barreto, Mauricio L, Clasen, Thomas, Cairncross, Sandy, Genser, Bernd, Schmidt, Wolf-Peter   +4 more
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