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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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Rapid reduction of Legionella pneumophila on stainless steel with zeolite coatings containing silver and zinc ions.
TL;DR: To determine the rate of reduction of Legionella pneumophila by stainless steel surfaces with zeolite ceramic coatings containing 2·5% silver (Ag) and 14% zinc (Zn) ions.
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Increased T cell activation in BALF from children with Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia.
TL;DR: This study investigated whether activated T cells in the airway contributed to the pulmonary inflammation in patients with severe Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia (MPP).
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Lung inflammation and disease: A perspective on microbial homeostasis and metabolism
Roberto Mendez,Sulagna Banerjee,Sanjoy K. Bhattacharya,Sanjoy K. Bhattacharya,Santanu Banerjee +4 more
TL;DR: A perspective on lung‐associated metabolic disorders defined for lung diseases and correlate it with lung microbial perturbation is provided and evidence from microbiome and classical microbiology literature is drawn to demonstrate how specific lung morbidities associate with specific metabolic characteristics of the disease.
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Risk factors for community-acquired pneumonia in German adults: the impact of children in the household
TL;DR: Multivariate analysis showed that in addition to known risk factors such as previous CAP, more than one respiratory infection during the previous year, number of comorbidities and number of children in the household were independent risk factors for CAP.
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Pneumonia in the elderly.
TL;DR: It may not be chronologic age per se that has a negative impact on the manifestations and outcome of pneumonia in the elderly, but rather the presence of underlying comorbid illness.
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