Acitretin Treatment for Lipoid Proteinosis by Özgür Gündüz, Neriman Şahiner, Pınar Atasoy, Çağrı Şenyücel

“…Although LP is compatible with normal life expectancy, involvement of upper respiratory tract may endanger patient's life, especially in the case of a respiratory tract infection. Involvement of central nervous system has also been reported, but its clinical importance is obscure. …”
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Necrotizing Epididymo-Orchitis: A Rare Manifestation of COVID-19 by Ali Tavoosian, Sana Ahmadi, Seyed Mohammad Kazem Aghamir

“…It should be noted that before referral to the urology clinic and during hospitalization, evaluation, and treatment, the patient had no evidence in favor of respiratory tract infection with the coronavirus.…”
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Hydropneumothorax in Children: A Rare Complication of a Bacterial Pneumonia by Carolina Ortega, Carla Gonzales, Manuel E. Soto-Martinez, Adriana Yock-Corrales

“…His initial assessment suggested a lower respiratory tract infection and because of his respiratory distress and hypoxia a chest X-ray was performed. …”
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Anti-Interleukin-6 Receptor Antibody Therapy-Induced Retinopathy in a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis by Asumi Tada, Noriyasu Hashida, Toshio Tanaka, Kohji Nishida

“…The most common adverse event is upper respiratory tract infection; ocular side effects are rare. We describe a case of skin ulceration and bilateral retinopathy with multifocal cotton-wool spots and retinal hemorrhages in a patient with RA treated with tocilizumab. …”
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Appearances Can Be Deceiving: What Is the Diagnosis for this Community-Acquired Pneumonia? by Frank YH Lin, Coleman Rotstein

“…The diagnosis was an upper respiratory tract infection, made by the local physician; the patient was treated with a 10-day course of cephalexin. …”
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Aktivitas Daya Hambat Isolat Actinomycetes dengan Lama Fermentasi yang Berbeda terhadap Pertumbuhan Klebsiella pneumoniae by Annisa Nur Insani, Meiskha Bahar, Nunuk Nugrohowati, Retno Yulianti

“…Klebsiella pneumoniae is an opportunistic bacterial pathogen causing lower respiratory tract infection. Objectives: To determined the inhibition activity of Actinomycetes with different fermentation periods against the growth of  K.pneumoniae. …”
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Tracking of The Most Significant Laboratory Parameters For The Identification of Covid-19: An Overview on The Different Blood Tests by Seenaa Ali

“…COVID-19 disease primarily manifests as a respiratory tract infection. However, emerging data indicate that it should be regarded as a systemic disease for affecting multiple systems such as cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal and immune system. …”
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Development of Agranulocytosis after Discontinuation of Methimazole: An Unusual Case by Rıfkı Üçler, Murat Atmaca, Ömer Candar, Murat Alay, Burhan Göy, Erdal Kara, Mahfuz Turan, Yusuf Demir

“…We herein describe a case of a 41-year-old woman who was previously administered methimazole (MMI) for ten days and developed ATD-induced agranulocytosis and symptoms of an upper respiratory tract infection after three weeks following discontinuation of MMI treatment. …”
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Guillain-Barré syndrome in patients with multiple myeloma: three cases report and literature review by Zhichao Li, Fang Huang, Siguo Hao

“…Two of the three patients had a clear history of upper respiratory tract infection before the onset of GBS. After treatment with intravenous immunoglobulin, one patient died and two patients showed improvement in GBS symptoms. …”
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Asymptomatic Lymphocytic Interstitial Pneumonia with Extensive HRCT Changes Preceding Sjogren’s Syndrome by Hazlyna Baharuddin, Mohammad Hanafiah, Syazatul Syakirin Sirol Aflah, Mohd Arif Mohd Zim, Shereen Suyin Ch’Ng

“…She was treated with prednisolone and azathioprine for 18 months, and within this time, she was hospitalised for flare of LIP, as well as respiratory tract infection on three occasions. During the third flare, when she also developed cutaneous vasculitis, she agreed for prednisolone but refused other second-line agents. …”
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Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections in Infants Affected by Primary Immunodeficiency by Marcello Lanari, Silvia Vandini, Maria Grazia Capretti, Tiziana Lazzarotto, Giacomo Faldella

“…Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is one of the most frequent pathogens during early infancy and the infection is more severe in immunocompromised infants than in healthy infants, as a result of impaired T- and B-cell immune response unable to efficaciously neutralize viral replication, with subsequent increased viral shedding and potentially lethal lower respiratory tract infection. Several authors have reported a severe clinical course after RSV infections in infants and children with primary and acquired immunodeficiencies. …”
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Paediatric one-day admission: why and is it necessary? by Jing Zhan Lock, Zi Xean Khoo, Jen Heng Pek

“…Among these, 481 (41.4%) were one-day admissions. Upper respiratory tract infection (62, 12.9%), gastroenteritis (60, 12.5%) and head injury (52, 10.8%) were the three most common conditions. …”
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Injury and Illness Incidence in 2017 Super Rugby Tournament: A Surveillance Study on a Single South African Team by Kim Buchholtz, Curt Barnes, Theresa L. Burgess

“…The overall incidence of illness was 1.8 per 1000 player days. Acute respiratory tract infection (28.6%) was the most common diagnosis, and the majority of illnesses (64.3%) did not result in time-loss…”
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Myasthenic Crisis in an Elderly Patient with Positive Antibodies against Acetylcholine and Anti-MuSK, Successfully Treated with Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation by José A. Fernández, Antonio Fernández-Valiñas, Daniel Hernández, Joel Orozco, Antonio Lugo

“…We present the case of a 73-year-old man with a medical history of myasthenia gravis and positive antibody titers against acetylcholine and anti-MuSK, who sought for medical assessment because of respiratory tract infection symptoms, dysphagia, and generalized weakness. …”
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A New Experimental Infection Model in Ferrets Based on Aerosolised Mycobacterium bovis by Lyanne McCallan, David Corbett, Peter L. Andersen, Claus Aagaard, David McMurray, Claire Barry, Suzan Thompson, Samuel Strain, Jim McNair

“…This model, which emphasises respiratory tract infection, will be used to evaluate vaccines for the control of bovine tuberculosis in wildlife species.…”
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Aetiologies and Management of Retropharyngeal Abscess in Paediatric Age Group by Prem Kumar, Abhilasha Somashekhar

“…Results: Total number of children who underwent treatment for RPA during the study period is 17. maximum number of cases were below 4 years of age accounting for 65%. 58.8 % had an episode of Upper respiratory tract infection before developing the RPA. 2 patients were diagnosed to have tuberculosis and had started on Anti tubercular treatment.  …”
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Proteomic profiling of the local and systemic immune response to pediatric respiratory viral infections by Emily Lydon, Christina M. Osborne, Brandie D. Wagner, Lilliam Ambroggio, J. Kirk Harris, Ron Reeder, Todd C. Carpenter, Aline B. Maddux, Matthew K. Leroue, Nadir Yehya, Joseph L. DeRisi, Mark W. Hall, Athena F. Zuppa, Joseph Carcillo, Kathleen Meert, Anil Sapru, Murray M. Pollack, Patrick McQuillen, Daniel A. Notterman, Charles R. Langelier, Peter M. Mourani

“…ABSTRACT Viral lower respiratory tract infection (vLRTI) is a leading cause of hospitalization and death in children worldwide. …”
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Ebola Virus and SARS-CoV-2: Similarities and Differences by Robert C. SIZEMORE, Md S. ZAMAN

“…SARS-CoV-2 is a respiratory tract infection, is highly infectious (more contagious than previous SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV, two betacoronaviruses causing the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome or SARS, and the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, respecti- vely) and is spread via airborne means. …”
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Massive Hemoptysis in Children by Juan Yang, Fengqin Liu, Yan Liang, Chunyan Guo, Jinrong Wang, Xing Chen

“…The most common causes of severe hemoptysis are lower respiratory tract infection, vascular malformation, and bronchial foreign body. …”
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Clinical Predictors of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bacteremia in Emergency Department by Yongsoon Choi, Jin Hui Paik, Ji Hye Kim, Seung Baik Han, Areum Durey

“…Multiple logistic regression showed that respiratory tract infection was an independent risk factor for Pseudomonas bacteremia (OR 6.56, 95% CI 1.78-23.06; p = 0.004), whereas underlying diabetes mellitus (OR 0.22, 95% CI 0.07-0.61; p = 0.004) and presentation as urinary tract infection (OR 0.06, 95% CI 0.02-0.18; p < 0.001) were negative clinical predictors. …”
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