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Lower Respiratory Tract Infections
Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 2004Lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) are among the most common infections treated by health care providers. They include a variety of infections ranging from mild acute viral bronchitis to life-threatening ventilatorassociated pneumonia. Despite advances in general knowledge concerning such diseases, there remains considerable morbidity and ...
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Mechanisms of infection in the respiratory tract
New Zealand Veterinary Journal, 1981Related to its potential vulnerability the respiratory tract has a very complex and effective defence apparatus. The interaction between these defence mechanisms and certain characteristics of aetiological agents results in a pattern in which initial infections by these agents tend to occur at specific sites in the tract.
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Prevention of respiratory tract infection
The American Journal of Medicine, 1984Bacterial infection of the lower respiratory tract is initiated by colonization of the upper respiratory tract followed by aspiration of small volumes of contaminated secretions into the lungs. Failure of lung antibacterial defenses results in pneumonia.
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Lower respiratory tract infection
The American Journal of Medicine, 1985The most important lower respiratory infection is pneumonia, the fourth leading cause of death. Most cases of bronchitis are of viral etiology and are not major problems. Empyema can present an important problem in management. Although the diagnosis of pneumonia is usually relatively straightforward, the specific etiologic diagnosis remains a major ...
S M, Finegold, C C, Johnson
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Upper Respiratory Tract Infections
Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, 1990Upper respiratory tract infections are among the most common acute infections in humans. This review discusses the clinically important aspects of the epidemiology, etiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, management, complications, and prevention of the common cold, pharyngitis, otitis media, and sinusitis.
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Streptococcus pneumoniae respiratory tract infections
Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, 2001This review describes recent contributions to our understanding of pneumococcal pneumonia. Two genes have been described that encode enzymes involved with the biosynthesis of muropeptides. These enzymes may be novel antibiotic targets. The clinical impact of increasing antibiotic resistance on the treatment of pneumonia is the particular focus of the ...
K P, Klugman, C, Feldman
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Erythromycin in Respiratory Tract Infection
Scottish Medical Journal, 1977One of the main uses of erythromycin in respiratory tract infection has been in the treatment of acute streptococcal tonsillitis as an alternative to penicillin. Studies on the quantitative bacteriology of tonsils obtained at tonsillectomy have shown large numbers of both haemolytic streptococci and Haemophilus species in most samples
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Telithromycin in Lower Respiratory Tract Infections
Future Microbiology, 2006Telithromycin is a ketolide, a semisynthetic derivative of the 14-membered ring macrolide antibiotics, with an expanded spectrum of activity relative to macrolides. Its good tissue pharmacokinetic characteristics allows once-daily administration, and it has been successfully employed in lower respiratory tract infections.
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Upper respiratory tract infections
The Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 1969Upper respiratory tract infections are widespread and arc the commonest cause of morbidity in children. Gulati (1965) found that they were responsible for 31.4% of morbidity in children in a semi-urban area in Delhi while Verma and Kumar (1968) reported an incidence of 26.6% among children attcnding a primary health centre.
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Lower Respiratory Tract Infections
Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, 1990Although lower respiratory tract infections are frequently diagnosed in a primary care setting, they are still associated with a significant morbidity and mortality, which warrants a careful approach to treatment. Knowledge of the most common cause based on the age of the patient, location where the infection was acquired, and clinical presentation ...
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