Demographic characteristics and opportunistic diseases associated with attrition during preparation for antiretroviral therapy in primary health centres in Kibera, Kenya. [PDF]
, 2011 Using routine data from HIV-positive adult patients eligible for antiretroviral therapy (ART), we report on routinely collected demographic characteristics and opportunistic diseases associated with pre-ART attrition (deaths and loss to follow-up). Among
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Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia [PDF]
Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 1997 Severe community-acquired pneumonia is now considered a separate clinical entity that is important to recognize, particularly because of its high mortality rate. This article reviews several of the studies published in the past year that focus on risk and prognostic factors, etiology, diagnostic evaluation, pathogenesis, and therapy of this important ...
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CD4+/CD8+ T lymphocytes imbalance in children with severe 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) pneumonia [PDF]
Korean Journal of Pediatrics, 2011 PurposeThis study was conducted to investigate the immune responses of children with moderate and severe novel influenza A virus (H1N1) pneumonia, and to compare their clinical and immunological findings with those of control subjects.MethodsThirty-two ...
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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 +3 more
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Severe infections of Panton-Valentine leukocidin positive Staphylococcus aureus in children [PDF]
, 2019 Infections caused by Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive Staphylococcus aureus (PVL-SA) mostly present as recurrent skin abscesses and furunculosis.
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Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus: current situation and travel-associated concerns [PDF]
, 2016 This article is made available for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source.
Al-Tawfiq, Jaffar A. +2 more
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Measurement and valuation of health providers' time for the management of childhood pneumonia in rural Malawi - An empirical study [PDF]
, 2016 Background: Human resources are a major cost driver in childhood pneumonia case management. Introduction of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV-13) in Malawi can lead to savings on staff time and salaries due to reductions in pneumonia cases ...
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Severe mycoplasma pneumonia. [PDF]
Thorax, 1977 A patient who developed who developed a protracted illness following severe mycoplasma pneumonia is described. The acute phase of the infection was complicated by myocarditis and haemolytic anaemia. The respiratory symptoms abated and lung function tests improved with the administration of systemic and inhaled corticosteroids.
S, Holt, W F, Ryan, E J, Epstein
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ETIOLOGICAL FEATURES AND ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE IN HEALTHCARE-ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA
Arta Medica, 2020 Objectives. Healthcare-associated pneumonia develops in patients undergoing regular medical procedures or has a longterm contact with the hospital environment. Several studies have shown important differences in healthcare-associated pneumonia, comparing
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Association of C-Reactive Protein With Bacterial and Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Associated Pneumonia Among Children Aged <5 Years in the PERCH Study. [PDF]
, 2017 BACKGROUND.: Lack of a gold standard for identifying bacterial and viral etiologies of pneumonia has limited evaluation of C-reactive protein (CRP) for identifying bacterial pneumonia.
Awori, Juliet O +37 more
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