viral pneumonia

Summary

Summary: Inflammation of the lung parenchyma that is caused by a viral infection.

Webpages

  1. respiratory infection study guide
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  2. respiratory infection study guide
    www.cas.muohio.edu/~stevenjr/mbi202/respinf202.html#Tubercul ...
  3. pneumonia
    www.clarian.org/ADAM/doc/HealthIllustratedEncyclopedia/1/000 ...
  4. influenza: a to b
    cme.ufl.edu/media/flu/index.html
  5. mount sinai - disease
    www.mountsinai.org/Patient Care/Service Areas/?citype=Diseas ...
  6. the reading hospital and medical center
    www.readinghospital.org/adm/Content.asp?Path=HIE+Multimedia\ ...
  7. pneumonia: medlineplus medical encyclopedia
    www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000145.htm
  8. radiology in ped emerg med, vol 3, case 7
    www.hawaii.edu/medicine/pediatrics/pemxray/v3c07.html
  9. pneumonia
    respiratory-lung.health-cares.net/pneumonia.php
  10. pneumonia
    www.childrens.com/HealthLibrary/HealthLibContent.cfm?pageid= ...

Research Grants

  1. Mucosal Immune Barrier in Infection and Immunity
    Keith E Mostov; Fiscal Year: 2008
  2. Herpesvirus Pathogenesis and Vaccine Development
    Jeffrey Cohen; Fiscal Year: 2006
  3. Inflammatory Response and SARS Pathogenesis: An in vitro Model
    Chien-Te K Tseng; Fiscal Year: 2008
  4. Inflammatory Response and SARS Pathogenesis: An in vitro Model
    Chien-Te K Tseng; Fiscal Year: 2007
  5. COLLECTINS AND LUNG DEFENSE
    Ann Marie LeVine; Fiscal Year: 2003
  6. DENDRITIC CELLS, RSV AND INFLUENZA INFECTION IN CHILDREN
    Octavio Ramilo; Fiscal Year: 2005
  7. CCSP IN INNATE DEFENSE AGAINST LUNG VIRAL INFECTION
    Kevin S Harrod; Fiscal Year: 2003

Publications

  1. Development and validation of a clinical prediction rule to distinguish bacterial from viral pneumonia in children
    Laura Moreno
    Division of Pulmonology, Hospital de Niños de la Santísima Trinidad, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
    Pediatr Pulmonol 41:331-7
  2. Epidemiology and clinical characteristics of community-acquired pneumonia in hospitalized children
    Ian C Michelow
    Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
    Pediatrics 113:701-7
  3. Concurrent serious bacterial infections in 2396 infants and children hospitalized with respiratory syncytial virus lower respiratory tract infections
    Kevin Purcell
    Texas A and M University-Kingsville School of Pharmacy, Kingsville, Texas, USA
    Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 156:322-4
  4. Lower respiratory tract infection in hospitalized children
    Chong Chia Yin
    Department of Paediatric Medicine, KK Women s and Children s Hospital, Republic of Singapore
    Respirology 8:83-9
  5. The role of respiratory viral infections among children hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia in a developing country
    Cristiana M Nascimento Carvalho
    Department of Pediatrics, Federal University of Bahia School of Medicine, Salvador, Brazil
    Pediatr Infect Dis J 27:939-41
  6. [Bronchopulmonary infections in the enfant and the child]
    Christophe Marguet
    Unité de pneumologie et allergologie pédiatrique, centre de ressource et de compétence mixte pour la mucoviscidose, Département de Pédiatrie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rouen, Hôpital Charles-Nicolle, 76031 Rouen
    Rev Prat 57:1237-44
  7. Etiologic agents and outcome determinants of community-acquired pneumonia in urban children: a hospital-based study
    Abdul Wahab B R Johnson
    Department of Pediatrics, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria
    J Natl Med Assoc 100:370-85
  8. Population-based incidence of severe pneumonia in children in Kiel, Germany
    J A Weigl
    Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of General Pediatrics, Christian Albrechts University
    Klin Padiatr 217:211-9
  9. Community-acquired pneumonia in children
    Constantine A Sinaniotis
    Second Department of Pediatrics, University of Athens School of Medicine, Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece
    Curr Opin Pulm Med 11:218-25
  10. Hyper- and hypoglycemia in children with community-acquired pneumonia
    Massimiliano Don
    Pediatric Department, School of Medicine, DPMSC, University ofUdine, Italy
    J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab 21:657-64

Scientific Experts

Detail Information

Webpages65 found, 30 most recent shown here

  1. respiratory infection study guide
    www.cas.muohio.edu/~stevenjr/mbi202/respinf202.html#Histopla ...
  2. respiratory infection study guide
    www.cas.muohio.edu/~stevenjr/mbi202/respinf202.html#Tubercul ...
  3. pneumonia
    www.clarian.org/ADAM/doc/HealthIllustratedEncyclopedia/1/000 ...
  4. influenza: a to b
    cme.ufl.edu/media/flu/index.html
  5. mount sinai - disease
    www.mountsinai.org/Patient Care/Service Areas/?citype=Diseas ...
  6. the reading hospital and medical center
    www.readinghospital.org/adm/Content.asp?Path=HIE+Multimedia\ ...
  7. pneumonia: medlineplus medical encyclopedia
    www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000145.htm
  8. radiology in ped emerg med, vol 3, case 7
    www.hawaii.edu/medicine/pediatrics/pemxray/v3c07.html
  9. pneumonia
    respiratory-lung.health-cares.net/pneumonia.php
  10. pneumonia
    www.childrens.com/HealthLibrary/HealthLibContent.cfm?pageid= ...
  11. our physicians - health information
    www.memorialhealth.com/healthinfo/content.aspx?pageid=P00642
  12. our physicians - health information
    www.memorialhealth.com/healthinfo/content.aspx?pageid=P01321
  13. our physicians - health information
    www.memorialhealth.com/healthinfo/content.aspx?pageid=P02958
  14. respiratory syncytial virus infections clinical resources
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  15. respiratory syncytial virus infections clinical resources
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  16. respiratory syncytial virus infections clinical resources
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  17. respiratory syncytial virus infections clinical resources
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  18. respiratory syncytial virus infections clinical resources
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  21. respiratory syncytial virus infections patient/family resources
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  22. health encyclopedia
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  23. randall l. peper, veterinary clinical medicine, college of veterinary medicine, u of i at illinois
    www.cvm.uiuc.edu/faculty/vcm/peper.html
  24. bernie ross - spinal muscular atrophy information
    www.ugalumni.uoguelph.ca/~eross/bern_intro.html
  25. respiratory syncytial virus infections patient/family resources
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  26. medlineplus: pneumonia
    www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/pneumonia.html
  27. greenville hospital system
    www.ghs.org/HealthContent.aspx?id=70388
  28. medlineplus medical encyclopedia: mycoplasma pneumonia
    www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000082.htm

Research Grants7

  1. Mucosal Immune Barrier in Infection and Immunity
    Keith E Mostov; Fiscal Year: 2008
    ..Mucosal infections include bacterial and viral pneumonia, SARS, TB, AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, numerous opportunistic, emerging and re-emerging ..
  2. Herpesvirus Pathogenesis and Vaccine Development
    Jeffrey Cohen; Fiscal Year: 2006
    ..congenital disease which can result in deafness and mental retardation in neonates, and can cause severe viral pneumonia and colitis in transplant recipients and sight-threatening retinitis in patients with AIDS...
  3. Inflammatory Response and SARS Pathogenesis: An in vitro Model
    Chien-Te K Tseng; Fiscal Year: 2008
    ..Because SARS is considered a viral pneumonia, likely caused by unregulated and often excess innate inflammatory responses, a full understanding is ..
  4. Inflammatory Response and SARS Pathogenesis: An in vitro Model
    Chien-Te K Tseng; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..Because SARS is considered a viral pneumonia, likely caused by unregulated and often excess innate inflammatory responses, a full understanding is ..
  5. COLLECTINS AND LUNG DEFENSE
    Ann Marie LeVine; Fiscal Year: 2003
    ..Such data may be useful in the future in designing treatment and prevention of viral pneumonia in susceptible patients...
  6. DENDRITIC CELLS, RSV AND INFLUENZA INFECTION IN CHILDREN
    Octavio Ramilo; Fiscal Year: 2005
    ..by applicant): Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the principal etiologic agent of bronchiolitis and viral pneumonia in infants and young children worldwide...
  7. CCSP IN INNATE DEFENSE AGAINST LUNG VIRAL INFECTION
    Kevin S Harrod; Fiscal Year: 2003
    ..This application will determine the role and delineate mechanisms by which CCSP provides innate immunity to viral infection in the lung. Such data may be useful in designing treatment and prevention of viral pneumonia.

Publications62

  1. Development and validation of a clinical prediction rule to distinguish bacterial from viral pneumonia in children
    Laura Moreno
    Division of Pulmonology, Hospital de Niños de la Santísima Trinidad, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
    Pediatr Pulmonol 41:331-7
    BACKGROUND: Distinguishing bacterial from viral pneumonia on admission to the hospital could guide the decision of whether or not to use antibiotics...
  2. Epidemiology and clinical characteristics of community-acquired pneumonia in hospitalized children
    Ian C Michelow
    Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
    Pediatrics 113:701-7
    ..These findings will facilitate age-appropriate antibiotic selection and future evaluation of the clinical effectiveness of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine as well as other candidate vaccines...
  3. Concurrent serious bacterial infections in 2396 infants and children hospitalized with respiratory syncytial virus lower respiratory tract infections
    Kevin Purcell
    Texas A and M University-Kingsville School of Pharmacy, Kingsville, Texas, USA
    Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 156:322-4
    ....
  4. Lower respiratory tract infection in hospitalized children
    Chong Chia Yin
    Department of Paediatric Medicine, KK Women s and Children s Hospital, Republic of Singapore
    Respirology 8:83-9
    ..Amoxycillin still remains useful for treating pneumococcus despite an increasing resistance to penicillin, erythromycin and TMP/SMX. Judicious use of antibiotics is needed to curb the increasing rate of antibiotic-resistance...
  5. The role of respiratory viral infections among children hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia in a developing country
    Cristiana M Nascimento Carvalho
    Department of Pediatrics, Federal University of Bahia School of Medicine, Salvador, Brazil
    Pediatr Infect Dis J 27:939-41
    ..Rhinovirus (21%) and Streptococcus pneumoniae (21%) were the most common pathogens. Our results demonstrate the importance of viral and pneumococcal infections among those patients...
  6. [Bronchopulmonary infections in the enfant and the child]
    Christophe Marguet
    Unité de pneumologie et allergologie pédiatrique, centre de ressource et de compétence mixte pour la mucoviscidose, Département de Pédiatrie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rouen, Hôpital Charles-Nicolle, 76031 Rouen
    Rev Prat 57:1237-44
  7. Etiologic agents and outcome determinants of community-acquired pneumonia in urban children: a hospital-based study
    Abdul Wahab B R Johnson
    Department of Pediatrics, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria
    J Natl Med Assoc 100:370-85
    ....
  8. Population-based incidence of severe pneumonia in children in Kiel, Germany
    J A Weigl
    Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of General Pediatrics, Christian Albrechts University
    Klin Padiatr 217:211-9
    ..Misclassification, also with ICD codes, is a major issue. Well analyzed epidemiological recruitment areas are a valid tool to generate precise data in Germany...
  9. Community-acquired pneumonia in children
    Constantine A Sinaniotis
    Second Department of Pediatrics, University of Athens School of Medicine, Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece
    Curr Opin Pulm Med 11:218-25
    ..Aggressive vaccination with the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine and other available vaccines as well as the development of new vaccines will aid the prevention of respiratory disease in children...
  10. Hyper- and hypoglycemia in children with community-acquired pneumonia
    Massimiliano Don
    Pediatric Department, School of Medicine, DPMSC, University ofUdine, Italy
    J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab 21:657-64
    ..However, about 4% of the patients had hypoglycemia, which could be explained by reduced calorie intake during acute infection or by the effect of stress-induced cytokines...
  11. Procalcitonin in children admitted to hospital with community acquired pneumonia
    F Moulin
    Department of Pediatrics, Hôpital Saint Vincent de Paul, 82 Av Denfert-Rochereau, 75014 Paris, France
    Arch Dis Child 84:332-6
    ..1 microg/l in 86% of patients with bacterial infection (including Mycoplasma and bacterial superinfection of viral pneumonia)...
  12. A population-based assessment of the disease burden of consolidated pneumonia in hospitalized children under five years of age
    Maria Hortal
    Ministry of Health, Maternal and Child Health Program, Bv Artigas 1550, Montevideo 11600, Uruguay
    Int J Infect Dis 11:273-7
    ..Incidence rates provided evidence of the burden of consolidated pneumonia for childhood, estimating the potential benefits of vaccination...
  13. Defining pneumonia in critically ill infants and children
    Joanne M Langley
    Clinical Trials Research Centre, IWK Health Center, and the Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
    Pediatr Crit Care Med 6:S9-S13
    ..Future research should determine the utility of these definitions in the critically ill child and adapt them accordingly...
  14. The discriminative value of C-reactive protein levels in distinguishing between community-acquired bacteraemic and respiratory virus-associated lower respiratory tract infections in HIV-1-infected and -uninfected children
    Sanjay G Lala
    Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
    Ann Trop Paediatr 22:271-9
    ....
  15. Evaluation of a nested-PCR assay for Streptococcus pneumoniae detection in pediatric patients with community-acquired pneumonia
    C Mayoral
    Sección Bacteriología, Practica Profesional, Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Av Freyre 2150 3000 Santa Fe, Argentina
    Rev Argent Microbiol 37:184-8
    ..The application of the strategy described in this paper substantially seems to improve the diagnostic process in a determinate group: blood culture-negative children with pneumonia...
  16. Aetiology of community-acquired pneumonia: serological results of a paediatric survey
    Massimiliano Don
    Department of Paediatrics, School of Medicine DPMSC, University of Udine, Udine, Italy
    Scand J Infect Dis 37:806-12
    ..pneumoniae at >2 y of age and emphasize the emerging role of hMPV. The high proportion of mixed viral-bacterial infections highlights the need to treat all children with CAP with antibiotics...
  17. Differentiation of bacterial and viral pneumonia in children
    R Virkki
    Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Turku University Hospital, Kiinamyllynkatu 4-8, 20520 Turku, Finland
    Thorax 57:438-41
    ..CONCLUSIONS: Most children with alveolar pneumonia, especially those with lobar infiltrates, have laboratory evidence of a bacterial infection. Interstitial infiltrates are seen in both viral and bacterial pneumonias...
  18. Rapid optimization of antimicrobial chemotherapy given to pediatric patients with community-acquired pneumonia using PCR techniques with serology and standard culture
    Eiichi Nakayama
    Laboratory of Molecular Epidemiology for Infectious Agents, Kitasato Institute for Life Sciences, Kitasato University, 5 9 1 Shirokane, Minato ku, Tokyo 108 8641, Japan
    J Infect Chemother 13:305-13
    ..4% of cases in relation to the etiologic agents finally identified. We conclude that rapid and comprehensive identification using PCR can provide optimal antimicrobial chemotherapy for CAP patients...
  19. The value of clinical features in differentiating between viral, pneumococcal and atypical bacterial pneumonia in children
    Matti Korppi
    Paediatric Research Centre, Tampere University and University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
    Acta Paediatr 97:943-7
    ..CONCLUSION: No clinical or radiological characteristic was helpful in the separation between viral, pneumococcal and atypical bacterial aetiology of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in children...
  20. Community-acquired pneumonia in infants and children
    Michael Ostapchuk
    Department of Family and Geriatric Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky 40202, USA
    Am Fam Physician 70:899-908
    ..Childhood immunization has helped decrease the incidence of invasive Haemophilus influenzae type B infection, and the newly introduced heptavalent pneumococcal vaccine may do the same for Streptococcus pneumoniae infections...
  21. Mixed microbial aetiology of community-acquired pneumonia in children
    Matti Korppi
    Department of Paediatrics, Kuopio University Hospital, Finland
    APMIS 110:515-22
    ..Current guidelines recommend antibiotic therapy for all community-acquired pneumonia cases in children...
  22. Etiological agents of lower respiratory tract infections in Japanese children
    Kei Numazaki
    Research Group of Hokkaido for Pediatric Respiratory Tract Infections, Department of Pediatrics, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Japan
    In Vivo 18:67-71
    ..The importance of M. pneumoniae and RS virus in the etiology of lower respiratory infections in Japanese children was confirmed...
  23. Treatment of adenovirus pneumonia with cidofovir in pediatric lung transplant recipients
    Minh L Doan
    Department of Pediatrics, Section of Pulmonology, Congenital Heart Surgery Service, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children s Hospital, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
    J Heart Lung Transplant 26:883-9
    ..Cidofovir, when used in the modified dosing regimen and in combination with IVIg and renal protection measures, is a safe and potentially effective treatment option for adenovirus pneumonia in lung transplant recipients...
  24. Prospective study of respiratory viral infections in pediatric hemopoietic stem cell transplantation patients
    Robbert G M Bredius
    Department of Pediatrics, Center of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
    Pediatr Infect Dis J 23:518-22
    ..CONCLUSIONS: The real time PCR assay is more rapid and sensitive than culture and could be used to screen patients before transplant or as respiratory symptoms present for timely diagnosis...
  25. Evaluation of chronic infectious interstitial pulmonary disease in children by low-dose CT-guided transthoracic lung biopsy
    Christoph M Heyer
    Institute of Diagnostic Radiology, Interventional Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, BG Clinics Bergmannsheil, Ruhr University of Bochum, Germany
    Eur Radiol 15:1289-95
    ..In our patient group no significant complication occurred. A disadvantage of the method is that it does not allow smaller airways and vessels to be assessed...
  26. Pulmonary dysfunction in pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients: overview, diagnostic considerations, and infectious complications
    J Michael Collaco
    Eudowood Division of Pediatric Respiratory Sciences, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland
    Pediatr Blood Cancer 49:117-26
    ....
  27. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy and bronchoalveolar lavage for the evaluation of pulmonary disease in children with primary immunodeficiency and cancer
    O Efrati
    Pediatric Pulmonology Unit, Safra Children s Hospital, The Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, affiliated to the Tel Aviv University, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv, Israel
    Pediatr Blood Cancer 48:324-9
    ..Based on these results, broncoalveolar lavage should be considered as an initial diagnostic tool in pediatric immunocompromised patients with pulmonary complications...
  28. Diagnostic value of bronchoalveolar lavage in community-acquired pneumonia in a routine setting: a study on patients treated in a Finnish university hospital
    Ulla Hohenthal
    Department of Medicine, Turku University Central Hospital, Kiinamyllynkatu 4 8, 20520 Turku, Finland
    Scand J Infect Dis 36:198-203
    ..In a subgroup of slowly responding pneumonia, the procedure was of some usefulness even after commencement of antimicrobial treatment...
  29. The correct approach to community-acquired pneumonia in immunocompetent adults: review of current guidelines
    Sergio Carbonara
    Clinic of Infectious Diseases, University of Bari, Italy
    New Microbiol 31:1-18
    ..Herein, the authors review and discuss some of the main current guidelines for CAP management, highlighting their differences and similarities...
  30. Antibiotics in childhood pneumonia
    Katherine A Hale
    Department of Allergy, The Children s Hospital at Westmead, Australia
    Paediatr Respir Rev 7:145-51
    ..The route and duration of antibiotic therapy, the role of emerging pathogens and the impact of pneumococcal resistance and conjugate pneumococcal vaccines are also discussed...
  31. [Pneumonia - pathogen-based or constellation-based therapy?]
    A Kuhnke
    Medizinische Klinik mit Schwerpunkt Infektiologie und Pneumologie, Charite, Campus Virchow Klinikum, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13 353 Berlin
    Internist (Berl) 47:S14-9
    ..These factors must be considered at the beginning of any treatment. Pathogen-based treatment has to be switched to constellation-based treatment...
  32. Decline in respiratory syncytial virus hospitalizations in a region with high hospitalization rates and prolonged season
    Rosalyn J Singleton
    Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage, AK, USA
    Pediatr Infect Dis J 25:1116-22
    ..S. infant rate...
  33. Reappraisal of lung tap: review of an old method for better etiologic diagnosis of childhood pneumonia
    E Vuori-Holopainen
    Helsinki University Central Hospital, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, FIN-00029 Helsinki, Finland
    Clin Infect Dis 32:715-26
    ....
  34. Pneumonia in pregnancy
    William H Goodnight
    Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
    Crit Care Med 33:S390-7
    ..Current antiviral and respiratory therapies can reduce maternal morbidity and mortality from viral pneumonia. Influenza vaccination can reduce the prevalence of respiratory hospitalizations among pregnant women during ..
  35. Viruses in community-acquired pneumonia in children aged less than 3 years old: High rate of viral coinfection
    Gustavo Cilla
    Microbiology Department, Hospital Donostia, San Sebastián, Spain
    J Med Virol 80:1843-9
    ..It is concluded that viral coinfections are frequent in children aged less than 3 years old with community-acquired pneumonia and can be a poor prognostic factor...
  36. Airflow decline after myeloablative allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation: the role of community respiratory viruses
    Veronique Erard
    Division of Clinical Research, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109-1024, USA
    J Infect Dis 193:1619-25
    ..Thus, community respiratory virus-associated airflow decline seems to be specific to viral species and infection localization...
  37. Respiratory viral infections in adults with hematologic malignancies and human stem cell transplantation recipients: a retrospective study at a major cancer center
    Roy F Chemaly
    Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
    Medicine (Baltimore) 85:278-87
    ..HSCT recipients and patients with hematologic malignancies who develop upper respiratory infection due to CRVs should be considered for antiviral therapy of proven efficacy to reduce the risk of pneumonia and death...
  38. Serum procalcitonin concentrations in bacterial pneumonia in children: a negative result in primary healthcare settings
    Matti Korppi
    Department of Paediatrics, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio University, Kuopio, Finland
    Pediatr Pulmonol 35:56-61
    ..viral infection). We conclude that serum PCT measurements have no role in the diagnosis of bacterial CAP in children in primary healthcare settings...
  39. Editorial overview: Infectious diseases
    Alimuddin I Zumla
    Curr Opin Pulm Med 9:163-5
  40. Etiology of community-acquired pneumonia in hospitalized school-age children: evidence for high prevalence of viral infections
    M N Tsolia
    Second Department of Pediatrics, University of Athens School of Medicine, P and A Kyriakou Children s Hospital, Athens, Greece
    Clin Infect Dis 39:681-6
    ....
  41. Effective treatment strategies for paediatric community-acquired pneumonia
    Maria Atkinson
    Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK
    Expert Opin Pharmacother 8:1091-101
    ..This review describes the difficulties encountered in diagnosing community-acquired pneumonia, aetiology, treatment strategies with recommendations and highlights areas for further research...
  42. [Seropositivity against atypical pneumonia agents demonstrated in patients with community-acquired pneumonia]
    Murat Sayan
    Dokuz Eylül Universitesi Tip Fakültesi, Mikrobiyoloji ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Anabilim Dali, Izmir
    Mikrobiyol Bul 37:247-53
    ..029). Since the type of the pathogens causing CAP are of crucial importance both for the epidemiological purposes and for planning the empirical treatment strategies, more detailed multicenter studies should be performed in our country...
  43. Mixed community-acquired pneumonia in hospitalised patients
    A de Roux
    Servei de Pneumologia i Allergia Respiratoria, Institut Clínic del Torax, Facultad de Medicina, Universitat de Barcelona, and Servei de Malalties Infeccioses, Hospital Clínic i Provincial de Barcelona, Spain
    Eur Respir J 27:795-800
    ..In conclusion, mixed pneumonia occurs in >10% of cases with community-acquired pneumonia requiring hospitalisation...
  44. Influenza A pneumonia with rhabdomyolysis
    S E Morton
    Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Mountain Home, Tenn, USA
    South Med J 94:67-9
    ....
  45. Respiratory syncytial virus infection in 406 hospitalized premature infants: results from a prospective German multicentre database
    Arne Simon
    Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Children s Hospital Medical Center, University of Bonn, Adenauerallee 119, 53113 Bonn, Germany
    Eur J Pediatr 166:1273-83
    ..From the perspective of our results, the statements of the German Society of Paediatric Infectious Diseases considering the use of passive immunisation (2003) seem reasonable...
  46. [Current news about epidemiology of syncytial respiratory virus infection]
    Emilio Palumbo
    Recenti Prog Med 99:237-9
    ..In these patients, the prophylaxis with palivizumab is very important to prevent chronic pulmonary diseases...
  47. A contributive result of open-lung biopsy improves survival in acute respiratory distress syndrome patients
    Laurent Papazian
    Service de Réanimation Médicale, Hôpital Sainte Marguerite, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France
    Crit Care Med 35:755-62
    ..CONCLUSIONS: The present study shows that open-lung biopsy provided a contributive result in 78% of ARDS patients with a negative bronchoalveolar lavage. Survival of ARDS patients improved when open-lung biopsy was contributive...
  48. Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis: frequency and meaning of the "hypodense sign" on unenhanced CT
    M Horger
    Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Eberhard-Karls-University, Hoppe-Seyler-Strasse 3, 72076 Tübingen
    Br J Radiol 78:697-703
    ..The hypodense sign is recognizable also on unenhanced CT, when a narrower lung window setting is used...
  49. [Histopathological findings of pulmonary complications in 16 patients who received allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplants]
    Hiroatsu Iida
    Department of Hematology, Meitetsu Hospital
    Rinsho Ketsueki 46:1273-8
    ..Efforts to reduce RRT such as using a reduced intensity regimen and careful tapering off of immunosupressants are expected to lead to a decrease in non-infectious pulmonary complications...
  50. An outbreak of respiratory syncytial virus infection in a bone marrow transplant unit: effect on engraftment and outcome of pneumonia without specific antiviral treatment
    A Abdallah
    Department of Clinical Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, Royal Adelaide Hospital, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia
    Bone Marrow Transplant 32:195-203
    ..Furthermore, RSV infection in the pre-engraftment period after autologous transplantation was associated with delayed engraftment...
  51. Role of rhinovirus in hospitalized infants with respiratory tract infections in Spain
    Cristina Calvo
    Pediatrics Department, Severo Ochoa Hospital, Virology Service ISCIII National Microbiology Center, Madrid, Spain
    Pediatr Infect Dis J 26:904-8
    ..In our experience, it was the second etiologic agent associated with recurrent wheezing in hospitalized children, under the age of 2 years...
  52. Detection of human influenza virus in Yucatan, Mexico
    Guadalupe Ayora Talavera
    Laboratorio de Hematología, Centro de Investigaciones Regionales Dr Hideyo Noguchi, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán
    Rev Invest Clin 54:410-4
    ..9% of the ARI, and more importantly to 12% of CAP patients. Positive cases were present in a different pattern to temperate zones where the peak of incidence occurs during autumn and winter...
  53. Influenza A community-acquired pneumonia in East London infants and young children
    Matthew Laundy
    Department of Child Health, Barts and the London Hospital NHS, Queen Mary School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of London, London, UK
    Pediatr Infect Dis J 22:S223-7
    ..Viral PCR doubled the diagnostic yield of influenza A virus. The clinical burden of influenza A CAP was comparable with that of RSV CAP, as measured by the duration of fever, hospital stay and total duration of illness...
  54. Impact of HIV on childhood respiratory illness: differences between developing and developed countries
    S M Graham
    Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme and Department of Paediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi
    Pediatr Pulmonol 36:462-8
    ..Autopsy studies have provided a lot of useful data, but more prospective clinical and intervention studies from different parts of the region are needed in order to improve clinical diagnosis and management...
  55. The burden of pneumonia in children in the developed world
    Talal Farha
    The John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK
    Paediatr Respir Rev 6:76-82
    ..This does not include family and social costs. There is potential for new vaccine strategies to decrease childhood pneumonia...
  56. Assessment of vitamin A status with the relative-dose-response test in Peruvian children recovering from pneumonia
    Charles B Stephensen
    Department of Epidemiology and International Health, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
    Am J Clin Nutr 76:1351-7
    ..002). CONCLUSION: The RDR test was useful in assessing the vitamin A status of children recovering from pneumonia when CRP concentrations were <10 mg/L but not when CRP concentrations were higher...
  57. Radiological findings in children with acute pneumonia: age more important than infectious agent
    H Wahlgren
    Department of Pediatric Radiology, Astrid Lindgren s Children s Hospital, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
    Acta Radiol 46:431-6
    ..CONCLUSION: Conclusions about the etiology could not be drawn from the chest X-ray findings...