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Community-acquired pneumonia
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This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 1998-12-19. It has received 1403 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Community-acquired pneumonia.read more
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Inhaled delivery of 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine does not result in enhanced pulmonary mucosal immunoglobulin responses.
Stephen B. Gordon,Rose Malamba,Neema Mthunthama,Elizabeth R. Jarman,Kondwani C. Jambo,Khuzwayo C. Jere,Eduard E. Zijlstra,Malcolm E. Molyneux,John Dennis,Neil French +9 more
TL;DR: Injected 23-PPV produced a significant increase in types 1, 9V and 14 capsule-specific IgG and type 1 IgA in both serum and BAL, and inhaled vaccine produced no response in either BAL or serum.
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Influenza virus infections among patients attending emergency department according to main reason to presenting to ED: A 3-year prospective observational study during seasonal epidemic periods.
Enrique Casalino,Stephanie Antoniol,Nadhira Fidouh,Christophe Choquet,Jean-Christophe Lucet,Xavier Duval,Xavier Duval,Benoit Visseaux,Laurent Pereira +8 more
TL;DR: It is indicated that during seasonal influenza epidemics, Influenza virus-positivity rate is similar in patients attending ED for influenza-compatible clinical features, patients with acute symptoms including pneumonia, respiratory, hemodynamic and cardiac distress, and patients presenting for acute decompensation of chronic respiratory and cardiac diseases.
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Normal Respiratory Flora as a Cause of Community-Acquired Pneumonia.
Daniel M. Musher,Daniel M. Musher,Sirus J Jesudasen,Sirus J Jesudasen,Joseph W Barwatt,Joseph W Barwatt,Daniel N Cohen,Daniel N Cohen,Benjamin J. Moss,Benjamin J. Moss,Maria C. Rodriguez-Barradas,Maria C. Rodriguez-Barradas +11 more
TL;DR: Normal respiratory flora, with or without viral coinfection, appear to have caused one quarter of cases of CAP and may have played a contributory role in an additional 10.8% of cases caused by RBPs.
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Pneumonia in the elderly: a review of severity assessment, prognosis, mortality, prevention, and treatment.
Carol P Chong,Philip R Street +1 more
TL;DR: This is a comprehensive literature review outlining the severity assessment, morbidity, mortality, prevention and treatment options of pneumonia in the elderly and the effectiveness of the pneumococcal and influenza vaccine.
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Urinary antigen testing in community-acquired pneumonia in adults: an update.
Diego Viasus,Laura Calatayud,María Victoria McBrown,Carmen Ardanuy,Carmen Ardanuy,Jordi Carratalà +5 more
TL;DR: This comprehensive review outlines the urinary antigen tests available, discusses their sensitivity and specificity, and assesses the usefulness of their results as the basis for targeted therapy with regard to clinical outcomes.
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