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Probable Person-to-Person Transmission of Legionnaires’ Disease [PDF]

, 2016
Correspondence to the Editor.Legionnaires’ disease is an often severe form of pneumonia that is typically acquired by susceptible persons (e.g., elderly persons and smokers) through inhalation of aerosols that contain legionella species.1-4 A cluster of ...
Almeida, Sónia, Antunes, Delfina M., Borges, Vítor, Capucho, Rui, Correia, Ana M., Ferreira, Joana S., Gomes, Bernardo, Gomes, João Paulo, Gonçalves, Jorge, Gonçalves, Paulo, Guerreiro, Marta, Machado, Jorge, Mendes, Ana, Nunes, Alexandra, Sampaio, Daniel A., Simões, Maria João, Vieira, Luís   +16 more
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Hubungan Kadar Seng Plasma dengan Derajat Penyakit Pneumonia

Majalah Kedokteran Bandung, 2012
Pneumonia is a major health problem affecting children all over the world and remains a major cause of childhood morbidity and mortality in developing countries.
Paramita Diah Winarni, Dedi Rachmadi, Nanan Sekarwana   +2 more
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Etiology of severe childhood pneumonia in the Gambia, West Africa, determined by conventional and molecular microbiological analyses of lung and pleural aspirate samples. [PDF]

, 2014
Molecular analyses of lung aspirates from Gambian children with severe pneumonia detected pathogens more frequently than did culture and showed a predominance of bacteria, principally Streptococcus pneumoniae, >75% being of serotypes covered by current ...
Adegbola, Richard A, Antonio, Martin, Briese, Thomas, Chimah, Osaretin, Corrah, Tumani, Dione, Michel, Ebruke, Bernard E, Greenwood, Brian, Hill, Philip C, Howie, Stephen RC, Ideh, Readon C, Jallow, Mariatou, Lipkin, W Ian, Machuka, Eunice M, Morris, Gerard AJ, Mulholland, Kim, Njie, Malick, Oluwalana, Claire, Secka, Ousman, Tokarz, Rafal, Townend, John   +20 more
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SEVERE COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA

Critical Care Clinics, 1998
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is likely to be severe in the very elderly, and clinically significant in those with hepatic/ renal insufficiency, cardiopulmonary disease, or, impaired host defenses. Pathogens in mild, moderately severe, and severe CAP are the same. These pathogens determine prognosis, complications, and duration of therapy. Empiric
Ewig, Santiago, Ruiz, Mauricio, Mensa, Josep, Marcos, Maria Angeles, Martinez, Jose Antonio, Arancibia, Francisco, Niederman, Michael S., Torres, Antoni   +7 more
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Is Higher Viral Load in the Upper Respiratory Tract Associated With Severe Pneumonia? Findings From the PERCH Study. [PDF]

, 2017
BACKGROUND.: The etiologic inference of identifying a pathogen in the upper respiratory tract (URT) of children with pneumonia is unclear. To determine if viral load could provide evidence of causality of pneumonia, we compared viral load in the URT of ...
Adrian, Peter V, Antonio, Martin, Awori, Juliet O, Baggett, Henry C, Baillie, Vicky L, Brooks, W Abdullah, Deloria Knoll, Maria, DeLuca, Andrea N, Driscoll, Amanda J, Ebruke, Bernard E, Feikin, Daniel R, Fu, Wei, Goswami, Doli, Hammitt, Laura L, Higdon, Melissa M, Howie, Stephen RC, Karron, Ruth A, Kotloff, Karen L, Levine, Orin S, Li, Mengying, Madhi, Shabir A, Morpeth, Susan C, Murdoch, David R, Mwaba, John, Mwansa, James, O' Brien, Katherine L, Park, Daniel E, PERCH Study Group, Prosperi, Christine, Sawatwong, Pongpun, Scott, J Anthony G, Shi, Qiyuan, Sow, Samba O, Tapia, Milagritos D, Thea, Donald M, Whistler, Toni, Zaman, Khalequ, Zeger, Scott L   +37 more
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Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia [PDF]

Critical Care Clinics, 2013
Severe community-acquired pneumonia necessitating intensive care unit admission is associated with high morbidity, mortality, and health-care cost. This review article serves to summarize the epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of this common life-threatening condition.
Sligl, Wendy I., Marrie, Thomas J.
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Perbandingan Pola Kuman dan Kadar Biomarker Inflamasi Penderita Severe Pneumonia dengan Penderita Non-severe Pneumonia [Bacterial Pattern and Inflammatory Biomarker in Severe Pneumonia Compared to Non-Severe Pneumonia Patient]

Jurnal Respirasi, 2019
Background: Severe pneumonia is still a serious problem with high mortality rate. The cause of severe pneumonia due to high inflammation or different microbial pattern compared to non-severe pneumonia is still unknown.
Daniel Maranatha, Mawardi Mawardi
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Severe bloodstream infection due to KPC-producer e coli in a renal transplant recipient treated with the double-carbapenem regimen and analysis of in vitro synergy testing a case report [PDF]

, 2016
Transplant recipients are at high risk of infections caused by multidrug resistant microorganisms. Due to the limited thera- peutic options, innovative antimicrobial combinations against carbape- nem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae causing severe infections
CIPOLLA, ALESSIA, D'ABRAMO, ALESSANDRA, DE ANGELIS, Massimiliano, Favaro, Marco, Ferretti, Giancarlo, GIZZI, FRANCESCA, IANNETTA, MARCO, MASCELLINO, Maria Teresa, MASTROIANNI, Claudio Maria, OLIVA, ALESSANDRA, RUSSO, Gianluca, VULLO, Vincenzo   +11 more
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Changes of Interleukins in Patients with Nosocomial Pneumonia Against a Background of Traumatic Brain Injury: Role in the Diagnosis and Monitoring of Disease [PDF]

, 2017
Introduction. Nosocomial pneumonia (NP) is the second leading frequency and mortality among nosocomial infections. NP is a frequent complication of severe traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Ilchenko, A. (Anastasiia)
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Cost-effectiveness of pulse oximetry and integrated management of childhood illness for diagnosing severe pneumonia.

PLOS Global Public Health, 2022
Pneumonia is a major killer of children younger than five years old. In resource constrained health facilities, the capacity to diagnose severe pneumonia is low.
Solomon H Tesfaye, Eskindir Loha, Kjell Arne Johansson, Bernt Lindtjørn   +3 more
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