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Severe community-acquired pneumonia
… thesis I will review the current knowledge of community-acquired pneumonia, including its classification, pathogenesis, pathology, aetiology, diagnosis, and antibiotic therapy and report my experience with severe community-acquired pneumonia in patients requiring admission to our respiratory …
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The treatment of community-acquired pneumonia in ambulatory patients
… wurden mit folgenden Suchbegriffen durchsucht: COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTION, PNEUMONIA, RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION und ANTIBIOTICS. Die Literaturverzeichnisse der ausgewählten Studien wurden auf weitere relevante Artikel durchsucht. Alle RCT, die ein oder mehrere Antibiotika prüften und deren …
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Protease activated nanosensors for the noninvasive diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia
Community-acquired pneumonia is the most common infectious cause of death worldwide, and is defined as an infection of the lung parenchyma. It is a heterogeneous disease caused by wide range of bacteria, viruses, and occasionally fungi. An arsenal of diagnostic tools have been developed to detect …
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A review of children admitted to a regional hospital in Cape Town with community acquired pneumonia
Background: Pneumonia is a leading cause of death in children under - five. Epidemiology in our province at regional level has not been described since 2004, when HAART was rolled out and pneumococcal conjugate vaccination (PCV) was introduced. Objectives: Describe the demographic profile, disease …
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The prevalence of Legionella and mycoplasma seropositivity in the elderly in Cape Town
Background: Community acquired pneumonia causes 5,9% of deaths in elderly South Africans. Mortality rates are increased in those in whom initiation of therapy with an appropriate agent has been delayed. Whereas Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Legionella pneumophila are sensitive to the macrolides or …
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YAP/TAZ REGULATES ALVEOLAR REGENERATION AND RESOLUTION OF LUNG INFLAMMATION
… sublethal infection of mice with Streptococcus pneumonia, the most common pathogen of community-acquired pneumonia, led to exclusive damage in lung alveoli, followed by alveolar epithelial regeneration and resolution of lung inflammation. We show that surfactant protein C-expressing …
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A Novel Mechanism of Enhanced Susceptibility to Bacterial Pneumonia in Influenza-infected Hosts
… including facilitation of secondary bacterial pneumonia from pathogens such as Streptococcus pneumoniae. Lungresident alveolar macrophages (AMs) act as the first line of innate cellular immunity against respiratory bacterial pathogens, including pneumococcus. Therefore, they represent an …
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HIV positive patients in intensive care - a retrospective chart review
… illness accounted for 30.7% of ICU admissions, community - acquired pneumonia was responsible for the majority of the respiratory cases. ICU and hospital mortality was 25.3% and 34.7% respectively. Predictors of ICU mortality included an APACHE Ι Ι score >13 (Odds Ratio {OR } , 1.4; 95% …
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Association Between Clinical Decision Support System Use and Health Care Disparities in the Treatment and Outcomes of Acute Myocardial Infarction and Pneumonia
… between Clinical Decision Support use and Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) process and outcome quality disparities between hospitals in rural/urban ZCTAs and racial/ethnic groups, controlling for other hospital and spatial characteristics. This analysis has presently yielded three …
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Diagnostic accuracy of C-reactive protein and procalcitonin, compared with composite reference standards, to discriminate between tuberculosis, Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia and bacterial pneumonia in HIV-infected inpatients meeting WHO criteria for seriously ill
Tuberculosis, bacterial community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), and Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) are the commonest causes of hospitalisation in HIV-infected individuals. Prompt diagnosis and treatment initiation are important to reduce morbidity and mortality, but are hampered by overlap in …
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Effective Screening for Pneumonia: A Challenge for the 21st Century
… admitted to a local hospital with a diagnosis of community acquired pneumonia (CAP), and to determine who among them qualify for the pneumonia vaccine, and what percentage appropriately or inappropriately received the vaccine prior to discharge.</p> <p><strong>Method</strong>: A retrospective …
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Control of antibiotic prescribing in UK NHS hosptials. Available in 2 volumes.
… for the empirical antibiotic prescribing of Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP). Variation was observed in recommendations and agreement with national guidance from the British Thoracic Society (BTS). A questionnaire was subsequently sent to 235 Chief Pharmacists to investigate their awareness …
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Identification and characterization of phosphoinositide-binding Legionella effector proteins
… is an important cause of hospital- and community-acquired pneumonia. Those with weakened immunity are particularly at risk, and in these cases the mortality rate can exceed 30% despite antibiotic treatment. The CDC reported Legionella as the leading bacterial cause of outbreaks …
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Cirrhosis-Induced Defects in Innate Puemonary Defenses Against Streptococcus Pneumoniae
Streptococcus pneumoniae is the most common cause of community-acquired pneumonia, and this pathogen is especially detrimental for certain population groups, such as cirrhotic patients. It is well known that mortality from pneumococcal pneumonia is very high in those with cirrhosis, even when they …