Currently, laboratory confirmation is most commonly done by detection of viral nucleic acid by reverse transcription-PCR of respiratory secretions.Apart from the US Food and Drug Administration-approved medications for treatment of influenza pneumonia, the treatment of non-influenza respiratory viruses is ...
Pneumonia is a common illness that continues to cause significant morbidity and mortality in both adults and children. Bacteria such as Streptococcus pneumonia, Staphylococcus aureus and Haemophilus influenzae are generally considered as the main pathoge
SARS-CoV-2 was detected in only 6 (1.6%) children [24]. The Chinese novel coronavirus pneumonia emergency response epidemiology team analyzed 72,314 subjects and reported that only 2% out of 44 672 COVID-19 patients were children
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Treatment Strategies Nonpharmacologic strategies Pharmacologic strategies Self-Management Strategies Evaluation, Adjustment, Recurrence Complications Complications most commonly include diarrhea, otitis media, predominantly in children (can lead to hearing loss), and pneumonia (most common cause of death in these...
Early pulmonary fibrosis-like changes between delta and pre-delta periods in patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia on mechanical ventilation Jung-Wan Yoo Won-Young Kim Jin Woo Song Scientific Reports(2024) Molecular epidemiology and population immunity of SARS-CoV-2 in Guangdong (2022–2023) foll...
self-limiting respiratory tract illness to severe progressive viral pneumonia, multiorgan failure and death1. By the beginning of 2020, the race to develop drugs or re-purpose drugs to prevent coronaviral infection or ease the symptoms had started. Unfortunately, most of the efforts were futile,...
Systemic signsMay have parotitis, orMay have pneumonia, urinary diarrhoeatract infection etc. Previous healthOften healthyMay be poor or have immunodeficiencies CSF examination CellsPredominantly lymphocytesPredominantly polymorphonuclear leucocytes GlucoseUsually normalUsually low ...
there is no effective antiviral drug against COVID-19 and vaccines do not seem to be available for commercial use in the near future. SARS-CoV-2 shows a spectrum of health complications ranging from mild flu, fever, andcoughto pneumonia, and many life-threatening complications such asmultiorga...
aged 18 years or older, and who had: (1) positive polymerase chain reaction test for SARS-CoV-2 RNA, (2) chest radiograph findings such as bilateral ground glass opacities or hazy bilateral infiltrates consistent with viral or atypical pneumonia, (3) documented fever, defined as temperature ...