A 61-year-old’s fever and cough persist despite dual antibiotics, revealing simultaneous bacterial, viral, and fungal ...

Highlights Walking pneumonia is a milder form of regular pneumonia. It can be contagious when caused by specific bacteria or viruses. Those at higher risk include the elderly, young children, and ...

Methods Sputum induction was performed in 51 children with severe asthma and 28 with mild to moderate asthma. Samples were classified as eosinophilic (>2.5% eosinophils), neutrophilic (>54% ...

Background Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) causes considerable morbidity and mortality in adults, particularly in the elderly. Methods Structured searches of PubMed were conducted to identify up-to ...

Critical challenges regarding screening include biosafety compliance during sample collection, transport and arrival at diagnosis centers. We established needs for improvement and the critical stages ...

The sputum culture group mainly include: MTB, HI.Conclusion: BALF mNGS effectively and rapidly identifies pathogens, helping doctors quickly diagnose severe pneumonia pathogens. Combined with the ...

Methods: We conducted a retrospective longitudinal repository study using stored sputum samples from 14-day early bactericidal activity trials involving 75 pulmonary TB patients who received one of ...

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Researchers derived pragmatic models that accurately distinguish mild, moderate and severe pneumonia in children, based on evidence from a study performed in 73 emergency departments (EDs ...