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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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The relationship between lactate dehydrogenase and Apolipoprotein A1 levels in patients with severe pneumonia [PDF]

Journal of Medical Biochemistry
Background: To investigate the relationship between lactate dehydrogenase and apolipoprotein A1 levels and the condition and prognosis of patients with severe pneumonia.
Wang Jiang, Wang Ronghua, Zhou Ying, Ma Yao, Xiong Chunyan   +4 more
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Point-of-care measurement of blood lactate in children admitted with febrile illness to an African District Hospital. [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: Lactic acidosis is a consistent predictor of mortality owing to severe infectious disease, but its detection in low-income settings is limited to the clinical sign of "deep breathing" because of the lack of accessible technology for its ...
Acierno, B. Amos, B. Nadjm, Day, English, English, English, F. Muro, G. Mtove, Gore, H. Reyburn, I. C. E. Hendriksen, J. Todd, Kahigwa, Krishna, Krishna, Maitland, Marsh, Marsh, Molyneux, Nadjm, Reyburn, Taylor   +22 more
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Research progress of biomarkers in evaluating the severity and prognostic value of severe pneumonia in children

Frontiers in Pediatrics
Pneumonia is a serious and common infectious disease in children. If not treated in time, it may develop into severe pneumonia. Severe pneumonia in children is mainly characterized by hypoxia and acidosis, often accompanied by various complications such ...
Weihua Gong, Kaijie Gao, Zhiming Shan, Liu Yang, Panpan Fang, Ci Li, Junmei Yang, Jiajia Ni   +7 more
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Single-inhaler fluticasone furoate/umeclidinium/vilanterol versus fluticasone furoate/vilanterol plus umeclidinium using two inhalers for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A randomized non-inferiority study [PDF]

, 2018
Background: Single-inhaler fluticasone furoate/umeclidinium/vilanterol (FF/UMEC/VI) 100/62.5/25 μg has been shown to improve lung function and health status, and reduce exacerbations, versus budesonide/formoterol in patients with chronic obstructive ...
Birk, Ruby, Brealey, Noushin, Bremner, Peter R, Ismaila, Afisi S, Lipson, David A, Zhu, Chang-Qing   +5 more
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Diagnosis and treatment experience of Chlamydia psittaci pneumonia: A multicenter retrospective study in China

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background In recent years, clinical cases of Chlamydia psittaci pneumonia have gradually increased. Chlamydia psittaci pneumonia can quickly progress to severe pneumonia, leading to respiratory failure.
Hui Deng, Yeshuang Shi, Mei Xie, Xuelei Zang, Xuefeng Zang, Xidong Ma, Wenya Han, Jiawei He, Youpeng Rao, Maoqian Ding, Wenjuan Ma, Jing Wu, Lei Pan, Xinying Xue   +13 more
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Hospital management of community-acquired pneumonia in Malta [PDF]

, 2012
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) remains a common diagnosis requiring hospital admission and a leading cause of death worldwide. No local guideline is currently available for the management of CAP.
Callus, Roberta, Mamo, Jonathan, Micallef, Josef, Montefort, Stephen   +3 more
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Severe Pneumonia in the Elderly

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, 1994
The elderly are more susceptible to pneumonia and more likely to die from this infection than younger populations. Older patients with pneumonia requiring hospitalization are more likely to develop complications necessitating longer hospital stays.
A M, Fein, M S, Niederman
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Clinical Features of Severe or Fatal Mycoplasma pneumoniae Pneumonia [PDF]

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2016
Mycoplasma pneumoniae is one of the most common causes of community-acquired pneumonia in children and young adults. The incidence of fulminant M. pneumoniae pneumonia (MPP) is relatively rare despite the high prevalence of M. pneumoniae infection. This literature review highlights the clinical features of fulminant MPP by examining the most recent ...
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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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