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Features of the community–acquired pneumonia in a child with Kasabach-Merritt syndrome: case-report and mini-review [PDF]

Archives of the Balkan Medical Union, 2019
Introduction. The Kasabach-Merritt syndrome is a rare and severe disease that occurs in children in the presence of a large-sized hemangioma, accompanied by coagulation disorders.
Oksana BOYARCHUK, Andrii CHORNOMYDZ, Iryna CHORNOMYDZ   +2 more
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Severe community-acquired pneumonia caused by Chlamydia pecorum

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2022
Chlamydia pecorum is a zoonotic pathogen. Here, we report the first case of human infection with C. pecorum. A man aged 51 years with high fever and dry cough was diagnosed with severe community-acquired pneumonia and respiratory failure. C.
Lizhen Cao, Lin He, Siyuan Wang, Lianjie Xu, Shifang Zhuang   +4 more
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Clinical Comparative Study of Sulbactam/Ampicillin and Imipenem/Cilastatin in Elderly Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia [PDF]

, 2006
Objective: To evaluate the clinical usefulness of sulbactam/ampicillin therapy for community-acquired pneumonia in the elderly. Methodology: A randomized prospective clinical study was conducted in the elderly patients with moderate-to-severe community ...
Higashiyama, Yasuhito, Mizuta, Yohei, Yanagihara, Katsunori, Miyazaki, Yoshitsugu, Kohno, Shigeru, Fukuda, Yuichi, Izumikawa, Koichi, Tomono, Kazunori, Hirakata, Yoichi, Tsukamoto, Kazuhiro, Seki, Masafumi   +10 more
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Severity assessment in community-acquired pneumonia [PDF]

European Respiratory Journal, 2000
In current guidelines for the management of adults with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), the triaging decision about hospitalization or intensive care unit (ICU) admission, and, as a consequence, selection of initial antimicrobial treatment is largely based on the assessment of pneumonia severity.
S, Ewig, H, Schäfer, A, Torres
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Decreasing incidence of severe malaria and community-acquired bacteraemia among hospitalized children in Muheza, north-eastern Tanzania, 2006-2010. [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: The annual incidence and temporal trend of severe malaria and community-acquired bacteraemia during a four-year period in Muheza, Tanzania was assessed.
Dondorp, AM, R Leon Ochiai, Deen, Jacqueline, Kim, DR, Hendriksen, Ilse CE, Abraham Mwambuli, Amos, Ben, Deen, J, Mwambuli, Abraham, Lorenz von Seidlein, Arjen M Dondorp, Deok Ryun Kim, Mtove, G, Amos, B, Hendriksen, ICE, George Mtove, Ochiai, R Leon, Nadjm, B, Von Seidlein, L, Mwambuli, A, Ochiai, RL, Hendriksen, IC, Behzad Nadjm, John D Clemens, Dondorp, Arjen M, Hendriksen, Ilse C E, Reyburn, H, Hugh Reyburn, Dondorp, Adrianus, Clemens, JD, Jacqueline Deen, Reyburn, Hugh, Kim, Deok Ryun, Clemens, John D, Nadjm, Behzad, von Seidlein, Lorenz, Mtove, George, Ben Amos, Ilse CE Hendriksen   +38 more
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Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 2009
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the leading cause of death from infectious diseases in the United States. It accounts for 500,000 hospitalizations and 45,000 deaths each year, and it represents one of the most common causes of ICU admission. The mortality rate due to severe CAP has shown little improvement over the past few years, with rates as ...
Marcos I, Restrepo, Antonio, Anzueto
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Identifying which septic patients have increased mortality risk using severity scores: a cohort study [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Early aggressive therapy can reduce the mortality associated with severe sepsis but this relies on prompt recognition, which is hindered by variation among published severity criteria. Our aim was to test the performance of different severity
Marwick, Charis A; id_orcid, Evans, Josie, Peter G Davey, Pringle, Jan E C, Pringle, Jan Ec, Guthrie, Bruce, Josie MM Evans, McLeod, Shaun R, Shaun R McLeod, Marwick, Charis, Bruce Guthrie, Charis A Marwick, Davey, Peter G, Jan EC Pringle, Evans, Josie Mm   +14 more
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Features of severe community acquired pneumonia in hiv-infected patients [PDF]

Medičnì Perspektivi, 2014
Questions of management of patients with severe community acquired pneumonia (CAP) in HIV-infected are particularly acute. Pneumonia etiology, identification and treatment on the background of immune deficiency, its clinical and diagnostic features and ...
Bielosludtseva K.O.
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Biomarkers of host response predict primary end-point radiological pneumonia in Tanzanian children with clinical pneumonia : a prospective cohort study [PDF]

, 2015
Diagnosing pediatric pneumonia is challenging in low-resource settings. The World Health Organization (WHO) has defined primary end-point radiological pneumonia for use in epidemiological and vaccine studies.
Nimerta Rajwans, Philipina Hongoa (795097), Kevin C Kain, Kyla Hayford (795094), Mary Kilowoko (795095), Hongoa, P., Laura K. Erdman (355452), Nimerta Rajwans (202154), Kyungu, Esther, Kyla Hayford, David L. Streiner (355456), Hayford, Kyla, Leonor Alamo, Laura K Erdman, Mary Kilowoko, Blaise Genton, Rajwans, Nimerta, Alamo, Leonor, Valérie D’Acremont (729622), Hayford, K., Esther Kyungu, Erdman, L.K., Genton, Blaise, Streiner, David L., Leonor Alamo (795098), Alamo, L., Valérie D'Acremont, Kevin C. Kain (63269), David L Streiner, Kyungu, E., Kain, Kevin C., Kain, K.C., Hongoa, Philipina, D'Acremont, Valérie, Erdman, Laura K., Rajwans, N., D'Acremont, V., Kilowoko, M., Philipina Hongoa, Blaise Genton (67109), Kilowoko, Mary, Genton, B., Esther Kyungu (795096), Streiner, D.L.   +43 more
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Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
Background and purpose: Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) represents a major global health concern due to its high morbidity and mortality. Severe community-acquired pneumonia (sCAP) is characterized by respiratory failure requiring invasive mechanical ventilation and/or septic shock.
Ignacio, Martin-Loeches, Antoni, Torres
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