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Upper respiratory tract infections [PDF]

The Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 2001
Acute respiratory infections accounts for 20-40% of outpatient and 12-35% of inpatient attendance in a general hospital. Upper respiratory tract infections including nasopharyngitis, pharyngitis, tonsillitis and otitis media constitute 87.5% of the total episodes of respiratory infections.
Jain, Neemisha, Lodha, R., Kabra, S. K.
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Upper Respiratory Tract Infections in Athletes [PDF]

Clinics in Sports Medicine, 2007
Upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) represent the most common acute illnesses in the general population and account for the leading acute diagnoses in the outpatient setting. Given the athlete's expectation to return to activity as soon as possible, the sports medicine physician should be able to accurately diagnose and aggressively treat these ...
Page, Clifton L., Diehl, Jason J.
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Upper Respiratory Tract Infections and Atopy

International Journal of Immunopathology and Pharmacology, 2010
Upper respiratory tract infections and allergic diseases are particularly common in children. It seems that atopy may predispose to more severe symptoms during infections and may facilitate together with other genetic factors and with adverse environmental conditions the occurrence of chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) and chronic otitis media with effusion (
POLLINI F, CAPRISTO, Carlo, BONER AL
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Microbial Interactions during Upper Respiratory Tract Infections

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2008
Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, Moraxella catarrhalis, and Staphylococcus aureus often colonize the nasopharynx. Children are susceptible to bacterial infections during or soon after upper respiratory tract infection (URI).
Melinda M. Pettigrew, Janneane F. Gent, Krystal Revai, Janak A. Patel, Tasnee Chonmaitree   +4 more
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The Infections of the Upper Respiratory Tract in Children

International Journal of Immunopathology and Pharmacology, 2010
Upper respiratory tract infections in children are common and usually self-limiting conditions, which include acute otitis media (AOM), acute rhinosinusitis (ARS), and acute pharyngitis (AP). Management of pediatric AOM considers observation strategy for selected and uncomplicated cases, older than 2 years of age, only when adequate follow-up can be ...
BONSIGNORI F, CHIAPPINI, ELENA, DE MARTINO, MAURIZIO   +2 more
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SELECTION PRINCIPLES OF INITIAL ETIOTROPIC THERAPY FOR ACUTE UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS IN CHILDREN

Медицинский совет, 2017
Acute upper respiratory tract infections maintain leadership in the overall morbidity patterns of the Russian Federation population. The highest prevalence of acute respiratory infections is reported in the pediatric population.
A. L. Zaplatnikov, A. A. Girina, E. I. Burtseva, I. V. Lepiseva, I. D. Maikova, N. V. Koroid, E. S. Kirillova, E. A. Mukashova, E. S. Oblogina   +8 more
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COVID-19 Vaccines for Optimizing Immunity in the Upper Respiratory Tract

Viruses, 2023
Rapid development and deployment of vaccines greatly reduced mortality and morbidity during the COVID-19 pandemic. The most widely used COVID-19 vaccines approved by national regulatory authorities require intramuscular administration.
Ranjan Ramasamy
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Recurrent upper and lower respiratory tract infections in children: Assessment of predictive value in tuberculosis and HIV coinfection

Acta Biomedica Scientifica
Background. In phthisiology, all recurrent respiratory tract infections are considered risk factors for tuberculosis (TB) in children. A differentiated assessment of the predictive value of recurrent upper and lower respiratory tract infections will ...
S. N. Shugaeva, L. P. Pashkova, E. I. Vasilyeva, S. G. Zvonkova, O. G. Koshkina, O. B. Ogarkov   +5 more
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Treatment of bacterial respiratory infections

South African Family Practice, 2019
Acute respiratory tract infections are one of the most common reasons that result in general practitioner consultations. Viruses are the most common cause of both upper- and lower respiratory tract infections, however pneumonia is usually bacterial in ...
A. D. van Eyk
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Symptomatic treatment of upper respiratory tract symptoms in children

South African Family Practice, 2006
Most upper respiratory tract infections are viral and treatment of a viral URTI is symptomatic. Today, with the emergence of antimicrobial resitance, antibiotics must be thought of as contra-indicated.
R.J. Green
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