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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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Diagnostic and prognostic value of soluble CD14 subtype (Presepsin) for sepsis and community-acquired pneumonia in ICU patients
Kada Klouche,Jean-Paul Cristol,Julie Devin,Vincent Gilles,Nils Kuster,Romaric Larcher,Laurent Amigues,Philippe Corne,Olivier Jonquet,Anne Marie Dupuy +9 more
TL;DR: Plasma levels of Presepsin were useful for the diagnosis of SS, SSh and sCAP and may predict ICU mortality in patients with severe sepsis and in sCAP patients.
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Diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia: current pitfalls and the way forward.
TL;DR: An overview of current methods of diagnosing pneumococcal pneumonia is provided and new and future test methods that may provide the way forward for improving its diagnosis are discussed.
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Epidemiology of respiratory viral infections in two long-term refugee camps in Kenya, 2007-2010
Jamal A. Ahmed,Jamal A. Ahmed,Mark A. Katz,Eric Auko,M. Kariuki Njenga,Michelle Weinberg,Bryan K. Kapella,Heather Burke,Raymond Nyoka,Anthony Gichangi,Lilian W. Waiboci,Abdirahman Mahamud,Mohamed Qassim,Babu Swai,Burton Wagacha,David Mutonga,Margaret Nguhi,Robert F. Breiman,Rachel B. Eidex +18 more
TL;DR: Respiratory viral infections, particularly RSV and AdV, were associated with high rates of illness and make up a substantial portion of respiratory infection in these two refugee settings.
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Are We Ready for Novel Detection Methods to Treat Respiratory Pathogens in Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia?
Andrea Endimiani,Kristine M. Hujer,Andrea M. Hujer,Sebastian G. Kurz,Michael R. Jacobs,David S. Perlin,David S. Perlin,Robert A. Bonomo +7 more
TL;DR: The potential impact that molecular diagnostics has to identify and characterize pathogens that cause hospital-acquired bacterial pneumonia at an early stage is examined and a perspective on a novel technology, polymerase chain reaction followed by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry is presented.
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Potent Antipneumococcal Activity of Gemifloxacin Is Associated with Dual Targeting of Gyrase and Topoisomerase IV, an In Vivo Target Preference for Gyrase, and Enhanced Stabilization of Cleavable Complexes In Vitro
TL;DR: The data suggest that gemifloxacin is an enhanced affinity fluoroquinolone that acts against gyrase and topoisomerase IV in S. pneumoniae, with gyrases the preferred in vivo target.
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