Among these, 39.1% presented clinical symptoms consistent with infection and 34.3% of these were RIs. The mean age of RI patients was 65.6 years, 68.8% were males, 84.1% had an underlying disease (most frequently chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) and 25.1% had one or more predisposing ...
The meaning of RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS is a pneumovirus (species Human orthopneumovirus of the genus Orthopneumovirus) that usually causes mild infections of the upper respiratory tract and lungs, that is spread through contact with respiratory dropl
Adult worms intermittently release eggs; therefore, negative results do not exclude infection. Differential diagnoses for whipworm infestation include giardiasis, coccidiosis, and bacterial enteritis. Fenbendazole, oxibendazole, and milbemycin have all been recommended for treatment of whipworms. Treatment ...
Eosinophilic airway inflammation caused by respiratory virus infection has been demonstrated in basic research; however, clinical investigations are lacking. To clarify the extent to which respiratory virus infection induces airway eosinophilic inflammat
283 HBoV DNA has been detected as single agent in feces from 0.8–7.8% of children with gastroenteritis without ARI symptoms.277, 278, 284, 285 The role of immune response in pathogenesis and protection against infection remains unclear; but both Th1 and Th2 cytokines are increased in children...
Because of the high frequency of respiratory symptoms, the distinction between infection and colonization is difficult to assess. Furthermore, asymptomatic carriage of potential pathogens is also observed among Hajj pilgrims28. Nevertheless, in the final model of multivariate analysis, the acquisition of...
But it can be dangerous if you’re an older adult. Find out who's most at risk. Video When to Act When Your Loved One Has RSV Which symptoms signal a serious case of RSV? Call a doctor if an older adult shows signs of the infection spreading to their lower respiratory tract. Load ...
We report a patient who developed adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) secondary to Mycobacterium tuberculosis as an immune reconstitution disease. This complication occurred 14 days after the commencement of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) for advanced HIV infection. The case emphasises...
BACKGROUND: A number of epidemiologic studies have tried to establish whether respiratory tract infections in early childhood cause obstructive pulmonary disease in adult life. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether reported serious respiratory infection before the age of 5 years (SRI) is a significant risk ...
As with CAP and nursing home-acquired infection, the symptoms may be constitutional and non-specific or localized to the respiratory tract. Diagnosis As with CAP, two approaches may be used: clinical and invasive/quantitative. With the clinical approach, pneumonia is defined as the presence of a...