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Age-dependent differences in the pathogenesis of bovine respiratory syncytial virus infections related to the development of natural immunocompetence [PDF]
, 2010 The severity of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections appears to differ with age in both humans and bovines. A primary RSV infection in naïve infants and in young calves runs a more severe course when they are 1–6 months old than in their first ...
Most, R.G., van der +6 more
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, 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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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 +38 more
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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 +3 more
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, 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. +3 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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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 +6 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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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 +10 more
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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 +3 more
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