Susceptibility of Clinical Moraxella catarrhalis Isolates in British Columbia to Six Empirically Prescribed Antibiotic Agents by Tamara Bandet, Sue Whitehead, Edith Blondel-Hill, Ken Wagner, Naowarat Cheeptham

“…BACKGROUND: Moraxella catarrhalis is a commensal organism of the respiratory tract that has emerged as an important pathogen for a variety of upper and lower respiratory tract infections including otitis media and acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis. …”
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Prevention of respiratory syncytial virus infection in children. Recommendations of the Polish Society of Paediatrics and the National Paediatric Consultant by Teresa Jackowska, August Wrotek, Iwona Beń-Skowronek, Łukasz Dembiński, Tomasz Jarmoliński, Artur Mazur, Anna Medyńska, Katarzyna Plata-Nazar, Jan Styczyński, Tomasz Szczepański, Ewa Toporowska-Kowalska, Piotr Hartmann, Hanna Czajka, Jarosław Peregud-Pogorzelski

“…Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is one of the most important etiological agents of acute lower respiratory tract infections in children (LRTI-RSV). RSV infection occurs in almost all children during the first 2 years of life. …”
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Antibacterial Activity of Grepafloxacin by B Wiedemann, P Heisig

“…Its pharmacodynamic profile against pneumococci is promising, favouring use of this drug for respiratory tract infections.…”
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Follicular Bronchiolitis in a Nigerian Female Child: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Nzechukwu Zimudo Ikeri, Godwin O. Umerah, Christopher Emeka Ugwu, Olugbenga Olusoji, Adekunle Adeyomoye, Ekanem Ekure, Adetola Olubunmi Daramola

“…They account for about 28.4% of hospital admissions for lower respiratory tract infections in South West Nigeria, most of which are due to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection. …”
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Evaluation of intranasal TLR2/6 agonist INNA-051: safety, tolerability and proof of pharmacology by Francesca A. Mercuri, Scott White, Hayley A. McQuilten, Charlotte Lemech, Stephan Mynhardt, Rana Hari, Ping Zhang, Nicole Kruger, Grant McLachlan, Bruce E. Miller, Nicholas P. West, Ruth Tal-Singer, Christophe Demaison

“…Background Local priming of the innate immune system with a Toll-like receptor (TLR)2/6 agonist may reduce morbidity and mortality associated with viral respiratory tract infections, particularly for the elderly and those with chronic diseases. …”
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Retrospective Analysis of RSV Infection in Pediatric Patients: Epidemiology, Comorbidities, Treatment, and Costs in Dubai (2014-2023) by Jean Joury, Nawal Al Kaabi, Sara Al Dallal, Bassam Mahboub, Mostafa Zayed, Mohamed Abdelaziz, Jennifer Onwumeh-Okwundu, Mark A. Fletcher, Subramanyam Kumaresan, Badarinath C. Ramachandrachar, Mohamed Farghaly

“…In Cohort 1, 32.0% had upper respiratory tract infections, 39.4% had lower respiratory tract infections, and 44.4% of patients had an “other respiratory disease.” …”
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Specific Viruses Detected in Nigerian Children in Association with Acute Respiratory Disease by Oluwabukola M. Akinloye, Esa Rönkkö, Carita Savolainen-Kopra, Thedi Ziegler, Bamidele A. Iwalokun, Mope A. Deji-Agboola, Afolabi Oluwadun, Merja Roivainen, Festus D. Adu, Tapani Hovi

“…Occurrence of different viruses in acute respiratory tract infections of Nigerian children was examined. …”
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Antibiotic consumption and utilization at a large tertiary care level hospital in Uganda: A point prevalence survey. by Mark Kizito, Darius Owachi, Falisy Lule, Laura Jung, Vivian Bazanye, Ibrahim Mugerwa, Susan Nabadda, Charles Kabugo

“…The indications for antibiotic prescriptions in the IPD comprised sepsis (28.2%), respiratory tract infections (18.3%), burn wounds (14.1%), and gastrointestinal infections (14.1%).…”
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XMRV Discovery and Prostate Cancer-Related Research by David E. Kang, Michael C. Lee, Jaydip Das Gupta, Eric A. Klein, Robert H. Silverman

“…Subsequent investigations in North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa have either observed or failed to detect XMRV in patients (prostate cancer, chronic fatigue syndrome-myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS-ME), and immunosuppressed with respiratory tract infections) or normal, healthy, control individuals. …”
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The Evolution of Antimicrobial Resistance in Respiratory Pathogens in Canada: What are the Clinical Consequences? by Donald E Low

“…More often, resistance in vitro does not result in resistance in vivo (eg, respiratory tract infections). Therefore, before recommendations regarding empirical or directed therapy are changed, it is essential that evidence to support those decisions is obtained. …”
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Gestational Medication Use, Birth Conditions, and Early Postnatal Exposures for Childhood Asthma by Yang-Ching Chen, Ching-Hui Tsai, Yungling Lee

“…Notably, childhood asthma was significantly associated with maternal medication use during pregnancy, vacuum use during vaginal delivery, recurrent respiratory tract infections, hospitalization, main caregiver cared for other children, and early daycare attendance. …”
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A novel homozygous mutation of CFAP300 identified in a Chinese patient with primary ciliary dyskinesia and infertility by Zheng Zhou, Qi Qi, Wen-Hua Wang, Jie Dong, Juan-Juan Xu, Yu-Ming Feng, Zhi-Chuan Zou, Li Chen, Jin-Zhao Ma, Bing Yao

“…Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a clinically rare, genetically and phenotypically heterogeneous condition characterized by chronic respiratory tract infections, male infertility, tympanitis, and laterality abnormalities. …”
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Landscape of respiratory syncytial virus by Yuping Duan, Zimeng Liu, Na Zang, Bingbing Cong, Yuqing Shi, Lili Xu, Mingyue Jiang, Peixin Wang, Jing Zou, Han Zhang, Ziheng Feng, Luzhao Feng, Lili Ren, Enmei Liu, You Li, Yan Zhang, Zhengde Xie, Jing Ni

“…RSV can cause acute upper and lower respiratory tract infections, sometimes with extrapulmonary complications. …”
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Rev-erb-α antagonism in alveolar macrophages protects against pneumococcal infection in elderly mice by Fabiola Silva Angulo, Claudine Vanessa Joseph, Lou Delval, Lucie Deruyter, Séverine Heumel, Marie Bicharel, Patricia Brito Rodrigues, Valentin Sencio, Tom Bourguignon, Marina Gomes Machado, Marie Fourcot, Stéphane Delhaye, Sophie Salomé-Desnoulez, Philippe Valet, Serge Adnot, Isabelle Wolowczuk, Jean-Claude Sirard, Muriel Pichavant, Bart Staels, Joel T. Haas, Ruxandra Gref, Jimmy Vandel, Arnaud Machelart, Hélène Duez, Benoit Pourcet, François Trottein

“…We hypothesized that age-related impairments in circadian rhythms are associated with high susceptibility to bacterial respiratory tract infections. Our data show that the time-of-day difference in the control of Streptococcus pneumoniae infection is altered in elderly mice. …”
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Primary ciliary dyskinesia: Meeting the challenges of diagnosis in South Africa by Z Dangor, M Birkhead, C Verwey, D Gray, A Vanker, L Githinji, A Goga, R Masekela, M Zampoli

“…The prevalence of PCD in low- and middle-income settings, including South Africa (SA), is unknown, largely owing to challenges with diagnosis, and identifying children or adults with PCD is challenging in a setting with a high prevalence of other infectious diseases, including lower respiratory tract infections and tuberculosis. No single test is diagnostic of PCD, and while some tests are costly, others are labour intensive and require highly specialised laboratory expertise. …”
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Facial Lichen Planus Pigmentosus-Like Pigmentation Induced by Vicks VapoRub: A Case Report by Al-Husain KM, Alsebayel MM, Al-Breiki S, Almulhim N, Alsayyah A

“…Vicks VapoRub is an inhalant ointment frequently used to relieve symptoms of upper respiratory tract infections. We report a case of lichen planus pigmentosus induced by Vicks VapoRub and successfully treated with topical tacrolimus 0.1% cream.Keywords: lichen planus pigmentosus, Vicks VapoRub, tacrolimus, facial hyperpigmentation, lichen planus…”
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Native Valve Endocarditis due to Veillonella Species: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Lakshmi Saladi, Cosmina Zeana, Manisha Singh

“…Veillonella species are fastidious bacteria that have been isolated from skin, dental, and respiratory tract infections and rarely have been implicated in serious infections like meningitis, endocarditis, and osteomyelitis. …”
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Genetic Study In a Pakistani Family Reveals Autosomal Recessive Type of Artemis Deficiency by Saddaf Ayub, Abeerah Zainub, Nida Shafi, Zara Khalid Khan, Lubna Siddique, Syed Irfan Raza

“…Results: A detailed clinical investigation revealed mild fever, lower respiratory tract infections, watery diarrhoea, and oral moniliasis from the age of one month. …”
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Global Fluoroquinolone Resistance Epidemiology and Implictions for Clinical Use by Axel Dalhoff

“…Global surveillance studies demonstrate that fluoroquinolone resistance rates increased in the past years in almost all bacterial species except S. pneumoniae and H. influenzae, causing community-acquired respiratory tract infections. However, 10 to 30% of these isolates harbored first-step mutations conferring low level fluoroquinolone resistance. …”
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COVID-19 in Cyanotic Congenital Heart Disease by Lama A Ammar, Joseph E Nassar, Fadi Bitar, Mariam Arabi

“…Such individuals run the danger of rapidly deteriorating in the event of respiratory tract infections with inadequate oxygenation. Additionally, these patients have a higher risk of paradoxical embolism. …”
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