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Pasakorn Akarasewi
Researcher at University of the Witwatersrand
Publications - 3
Citations - 640
Pasakorn Akarasewi is an academic researcher from University of the Witwatersrand. The author has contributed to research in topics: Pneumonia & Streptococcus pneumoniae. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 3 publications receiving 398 citations.
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Causes of severe pneumonia requiring hospital admission in children without HIV infection from Africa and Asia: the PERCH multi-country case-control study
Katherine L. O'Brien,Henry C. Baggett,W. Abdullah Brooks,Daniel R. Feikin,Laura L. Hammitt,Melissa M. Higdon,Stephen R. C. Howie,Maria Deloria Knoll,Karen L. Kotloff,Orin S. Levine,Shabir A. Madhi,David R. Murdoch,Christine Prosperi,J. Anthony G. Scott,Qiyuan Shi,Donald M. Thea,Zhenke Wu,Scott L. Zeger,Peter V. Adrian,Pasakorn Akarasewi,Trevor P. Anderson,Martin Antonio,Juliet O. Awori,Vicky L. Baillie,Charatdao Bunthi,James Chipeta,Mohammod Jobayer Chisti,Jane Crawley,Andrea DeLuca,Amanda J. Driscoll,Bernard E. Ebruke,Hubert P. Endtz,Nicholas Fancourt,Wei Fu,Doli Goswami,Michelle J. Groome,Meredith Haddix,Lokman Hossain,Yasmin Jahan,E Wangeci Kagucia,Alice Kamau,Ruth A. Karron,Sidi Kazungu,Nana Kourouma,Locadiah Kuwanda,Geoffrey Kwenda,Mengying Li,Eunice M. Machuka,Grant A. Mackenzie,Nasreen Mahomed,Susan A. Maloney,Jessica McLellan,Joanne L. Mitchell,David P. Moore,Susan C. Morpeth,Azwifarwi Mudau,Lawrence Mwananyanda,James Mwansa,Micah Silaba Ominde,Uma Onwuchekwa,Daniel E. Park,Julia Rhodes,Pongpun Sawatwong,Phil Seidenberg,Arifin Shamsul,Eric A. F. Simões,Seydou Sissoko,Somwe Wa Somwe,Samba O. Sow,Mamadou Sylla,Boubou Tamboura,Milagritos D. Tapia,Somsak Thamthitiwat,Aliou Toure,Nora L. Watson,Khalequ Zaman,Syed M. A. Zaman +76 more
TL;DR: Estimating causes of pneumonia in young African and Asian children, using novel analytical methods applied to clinical and microbiological findings, estimated that viruses accounted for 61·4% (95% credible interval [CrI] 57·3–65·6) of causes, whereas bacteria accounted for 27·3% (23·3-31·6).
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Density of Upper Respiratory Colonization With Streptococcus pneumoniae and Its Role in the Diagnosis of Pneumococcal Pneumonia Among Children Aged <5 Years in the PERCH Study
Henry C. Baggett,Nora L. Watson,Maria Deloria Knoll,W. Abdullah Brooks,W. Abdullah Brooks,Daniel R. Feikin,Laura L. Hammitt,Stephen R. C. Howie,Stephen R. C. Howie,Stephen R. C. Howie,Karen L. Kotloff,Orin S. Levine,Shabir A. Madhi,Shabir A. Madhi,David R. Murdoch,David R. Murdoch,J. Anthony G. Scott,J. Anthony G. Scott,Donald M. Thea,Martin Antonio,Martin Antonio,Martin Antonio,Juliet O. Awori,Vicky L. Baillie,Vicky L. Baillie,Andrea DeLuca,Amanda J. Driscoll,Julie Duncan,Bernard E. Ebruke,Doli Goswami,Melissa M. Higdon,Ruth A. Karron,David P. Moore,David P. Moore,Susan C. Morpeth,Susan C. Morpeth,Susan C. Morpeth,Justin M Mulindwa,Daniel E. Park,Wantana Paveenkittiporn,Barameht Piralam,Christine Prosperi,Samba O. Sow,Milagritos D. Tapia,Khalequ Zaman,Scott L. Zeger,Katherine L. O'Brien,Nicholas Fancourt,Wei Fu,E Wangeci Kagucia,Mengying Li,Zhenke Wu,Jane Crawley,Hubert P. Endtz,Lokman Hossain,Yasmin Jahan,Hasan Ashraf,Jessica McLellan,Eunice Machuka,Arifin Shamsul,Syed M. A. Zaman,Grant A. Mackenzie,Alice Kamau,Sidi Kazungu,Micah Silaba Ominde,Mamadou Sylla,Boubou Tamboura,Uma Onwuchekwa,Nana Kourouma,Aliou Toure,Peter V. Adrian,Locadiah Kuwanda,Azwifarwi Mudau,Michelle J. Groome,Nasreen Mahomed,Somsak Thamthitiwat,Susan A. Maloney,Charatdao Bunthi,Julia Rhodes,Pongpun Sawatwong,Pasakorn Akarasewi,Lawrence Mwananyanda,James Chipeta,Phil Seidenberg,James Mwansa,Somwe Wa Somwe,Geoffrey Kwenda,Trevor P. Anderson,Joanne L. Mitchell +88 more
TL;DR: Upper airway pneumococcal colonization density among children hospitalized with World Health Organization–defined pneumonia was associated with microbiologically confirmed pneumococCal pneumonia (MCPP) and the optimal colonization density threshold was ≥7 log10 copies/mL.
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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
Melissa M. Higdon,Tham T Le,Tham T Le,Katherine L. O'Brien,David R. Murdoch,David R. Murdoch,Christine Prosperi,Henry C. Baggett,W. Abdullah Brooks,W. Abdullah Brooks,Daniel R. Feikin,Daniel R. Feikin,Laura L. Hammitt,Laura L. Hammitt,Stephen R. C. Howie,Stephen R. C. Howie,Stephen R. C. Howie,Karen L. Kotloff,Orin S. Levine,Orin S. Levine,J. Anthony G. Scott,J. Anthony G. Scott,Donald M. Thea,Juliet O. Awori,Vicky L. Baillie,Vicky L. Baillie,Stephanie Cascio,Somchai Chuananon,Andrea DeLuca,Amanda J. Driscoll,Bernard E. Ebruke,Hubert P. Endtz,Hubert P. Endtz,Anek Kaewpan,Geoff Kahn,Angela Karani,Ruth A. Karron,David P. Moore,David P. Moore,Daniel E. Park,Daniel E. Park,Mohammed Ziaur Rahman,Rasheed Salaudeen,Rasheed Salaudeen,Phil Seidenberg,Phil Seidenberg,Somwe Wa Somwe,Mamadou Sylla,Milagritos D. Tapia,Scott L. Zeger,Maria Deloria Knoll,Shabir A. Madhi,Shabir A. Madhi,Nicholas Fancourt,Wei Fu,E Wangeci Kagucia,Mengying Li,Zhenke Wu,Nora L. Watson,Jane Crawley,Khalequ Zaman,Doli Goswami,Lokman Hossain,Yasmin Jahan,Hasan Ashraf,Martin Antonio,Jessica McLellan,Eunice M. Machuka,Arifin Shamsul,Syed M. A. Zaman,Grant A. Mackenzie,Susan C. Morpeth,Alice Kamau,Sidi Kazungu,Micah Silaba Ominde,Samba O. Sow,Boubou Tamboura,Uma Onwuchekwa,Nana Kourouma,Aliou Toure,Peter V. Adrian,Locadiah Kuwanda,Azwifarwi Mudau,Michelle J. Groome,Nasreen Mahomed,Somsak Thamthitiwat,Susan A. Maloney,Charatdao Bunthi,Julia Rhodes,Pongpun Sawatwong,Pasakorn Akarasewi,Lawrence Mwananyanda,James Chipeta,James Mwansa,Geoffrey Kwenda,Trevor P. Anderson,Joanne L. Mitchell +96 more
TL;DR: Elevated CRP was positively associated with confirmed bacterial pneumonia and negatively associated with RSV pneumonia in PERCH, suggesting CRP may be useful for distinguishing bacterial from RSV-associated pneumonia, although its role in discriminating against other respiratory viral- associated pneumonia needs further study.