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Time trends in primary-care morbidity, hospitalization and mortality due to pneumonia.
van Gageldonk-Lafeber AB, Bogaerts MA, Verheij RA, van der Sande MA. National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Centre for Infectious Disease Control...
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Nasopharyngeal carriage among young children.
Coles CL, Sherchand JB, Khatry SK, Katz J, Leclerq SC, Mullany LC, Tielsch JM. Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins...
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Prevalence of respiratory syncytial virus group B genotype BA-IV strains among children.
Agrawal AS, Sarkar M, Ghosh S, Chawla-Sarkar M, Chakraborty N, Basak M, Naik TN. Division of Virology, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, P-33...
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Pneumococcal vaccination in developing countries: where does science end and commerce begin?
Mathew JL. Advanced Pediatrics Centre, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India. [email protected] Recently Pneumococcal vaccines have generated...
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Establishing a surveillance network for infections in infants and young children.
Chun JK, Lee JH, Kim HS, Cheong HM, Kim KS, Kang C, Kim DS. Department of Pediatrics, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Severance Children's Hospital, 250...
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Respiratory viral infections detected by multiplex PCR among pediatric patients.
Bharaj P, Sullender WM, Kabra SK, Mani K, Cherian J, Tyagi V, Chahar HS, Kaushik S, Dar L, Broor S. Department of Microbiology, All India Institute...
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Variation in antibiotic prescribing and its impact on recovery in patients with acute cough in primary care: prospective study in 13 countries.
Butler CC, Hood K, Verheij T, Little P, Melbye H, Nuttall J, Kelly MJ, Mölstad S, Godycki-Cwirko M, Almirall J, Torres A, Gillespie D, Rautakorpi U, Coenen S, Goossens H. Department of...
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Prospective study on antibiotics misuse among infants with upper respiratory infections.
El Sayed MF, Tamim H, Jamal D, Mumtaz G, Melki I, Yunis K; National Collaborative Perinatal Neonatal Network (NCPNN). Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut...
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Acute lower respiratory tract infection due to Chlamydia and Mycoplasma spp. in Egyptian children under 5 years of age.
Elkholy A, Elkaraksy H, Fattouh A, Bazaraa H, Hegazy R, Abdelhalim M. Department of Clinical Pathology, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt. PMID: 19213743 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Pneumococcal vaccine and the dance of the veils: revealing pneumonia burden in Asia.
O'Brien KL. Department of International Health, John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA. [email protected] Comment on: Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2009 Jun;28(6):455-62....
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Efficacy of an 11-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine against radiologically confirmed pneumonia among children less than 2 years of age.
Lucero MG, Nohynek H, Williams G, Tallo V, Simões EA, Lupisan S, Sanvictores D, Forsyth S, Puumalainen T, Ugpo J, Lechago M, de Campo M, Abucejo-Ladesma E, Sombrero L, Nissinen A, Soininen...
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Efficacy of pneumococcal vaccination in children younger than 24 months: a meta-analysis.
Pavia M, Bianco A, Nobile CG, Marinelli P, Angelillo IF. Department of Hygiene, Medical School, University of Catanzaro Magna Graecia, Catanzaro, Italy. CONTEXT: Pneumococcal conjugate...
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Systems for the management of respiratory disease in primary care--an international series: South Africa.
Bateman E, Feldman C, Mash R, Fairall L, English R, Jithoo A. Division of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, and University of Cape Town Lung Institute, Cape Town, South...
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Impact of weather factors on Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia.
Onozuka D, Hashizume M, Hagihara A. Department of Planning Information and Administration, Fukuoka Institute of Health and Environmental Sciences, Dazaifu-shi, Fukuoka, Japan....
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Development of a prognostic index for 90-day mortality in patients discharged after admission to hospital for community-acquired pneumonia.
Capelastegui A, España PP, Quintana JM, Bilbao A, Menendez R, Zalacain R, Torres A. Pneumology Service, Hospital Galdakao, Galdakao, Bizkaia, Spain. [email protected]...
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Universal childhood immunisation against Streptococcus pneumoniae: the five-year experience of Liguria Region, Italy.
Durando P, Crovari P, Ansaldi F, Sticchi L, Sticchi C, Turello V, Marensi L, Giacchino R, Timitilli A, Carloni R, Azzari C, Icardi G; Collaborative Group for Pneumococcal Vaccination in Liguria....
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Refractory pneumonia and high fever.
Falcini F, Vitale A, La Torre F, Conti G, Fede C, Calcagno G. Department of Biomedicine, Division of Rheumatology, Transition Unit, University of Florence, Italy. [email protected] PMID: 19465237...
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Empirical treatment of community-acquired pneumonia and the development of fluoroquinolone-resistant tuberculosis.
Long R, Chong H, Hoeppner V, Shanmuganathan H, Kowalewska-Grochowska K, Shandro C, Manfreda J, Senthilselvan A, Elzainy A, Marrie T. Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton,...
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A community-based outbreak of severe respiratory illness caused by human adenovirus serotype 14.
Lewis PF, Schmidt MA, Lu X, Erdman DD, Campbell M, Thomas A, Cieslak PR, Grenz LD, Tsaknardis L, Gleaves C, Kendall B, Gilbert D. Oregon Public Health Division and 2Providence Portland Medical...
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IgG antibody concentrations after immunization with 11-valent mixed-carrier pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in efficacy trial against pneumonia among Filipino infants.
Soininen A, Nohynek H, Lucero M, Jousimies K, Ugpo J, Williams G, Käyhty H; ARIVAC Consortium. National Institute for Health and Welfare, Department of Vaccination and Immune Protection,...
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Comparison of laboratory diagnostic procedures for detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in community outbreaks.
Thurman KA, Walter ND, Schwartz SB, Mitchell SL, Dillon MT, Baughman AL, Deutscher M, Fulton JP, Tongren JE, Hicks LA, Winchell JM. Respiratory Diseases Branch, Office of Workforce and Career...
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Development and evaluation of a multiplex test for the detection of atypical bacterial DNA in community-acquired pneumonia during childhood.
Carrillo JA, Gutiérrez J, García F, Muñoz A, Villegas E, Rojas J, Sorlózano A, Rojas A. Laboratory Vircell, Santa Fe, Granada, Spain. An incorrect or late diagnosis...
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A case report and literature review of group C streptococcal pneumonia.
Erdem G, Brewer S, Harrington J, Melish M. Department of Pediatrics, John A Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA. [email protected] Group C...
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A comparison of population-based pneumonia surveillance and health-seeking behavior in two provinces in rural Thailand.
Jordan HT, Prapasiri P, Areerat P, Anand S, Clague B, Sutthirattana S, Chamany S, Flannery B, Olsen SJ. Epidemic Intelligence Service, Epidemiology Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and...
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Oxygen for treatment of severe pneumonia in The Gambia, West Africa: a situational analysis.
Hill SE, Njie O, Sanneh M, Jallow M, Peel D, Njie M, Weber M, Hill PC, Adegbola RA, Howie SR. Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand. SETTING: Health...
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Varicella pneumonia in southern Israel: clinical characteristics, diagnosis and therapeutic considerations.
Avnon LS, Smolikov A, Almog Y. Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Soroka University Medical Center and Faculty of Health Sciences, Beer Sheva, Israel. Comment in: Isr Med Assoc J. 2009...
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Do rhinoviruses reduce the probability of viral co-detection during acute respiratory tract infections?
Greer RM, McErlean P, Arden KE, Faux CE, Nitsche A, Lambert SB, Nissen MD, Sloots TP, Mackay IM. School of Veterinary Science, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia....
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Review of new and newly discovered respiratory tract viruses in children.
Brodzinski H, Ruddy RM. Division of Emergency Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA. Respiratory tract viral...
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Clinical features, adenovirus types, and local production of inflammatory mediators in adenovirus infections.
Moro MR, Bonville CA, Suryadevara M, Cummings E, Faddoul D, Kobayaa H, Branigan PJ, Domachowske JB. Department of Pediatrics, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA. BACKGROUND:...
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Increased serum interleukin-5 and vascular endothelial growth factor in children with acute mycoplasma pneumonia and wheeze.
Choi IS, Byeon JH, Yoo Y, Lee KC, Choung JT. Department of Pediatrics, Korea University Anam Hospital, Seoul, Korea. Acute mycoplasma pneumonia may be accompanied by wheeze in some children...
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Lower respiratory infections by adenovirus in children. Clinical features and risk factors for bronchiolitis obliterans and mortality.
Murtagh P, Giubergia V, Viale D, Bauer G, Pena HG. Pediatric Pulmonology Department, Hospital de Pediatria Juan P. Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Adenovirus (Ad) respiratory infections have...
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General and health-related life satisfaction of patients with community-acquired pneumonia.
Schnoor M, Schoefer Y, Henrich G, Raspe H, Schaefer T. Institute of Social Medicine, Medical University of Schleswig-Holstein, Beckergrube, Luebeck, Germany. [email protected] When assessing...
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Antibiotics and paediatric acute respiratory infections in rural Vietnam: health-care providers' knowledge, practical competence and reported practice.
Hoa NQ, Larson M, Kim Chuc NT, Eriksson B, Trung NV, Stålsby CL. Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. [email protected] OBJECTIVE: To assess knowledge, practical competence and...
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Emergency triage assessment for hypoxaemia in neonates and young children in a Kenyan hospital: an observational study.
Mwaniki MK, Nokes DJ, Ignas J, Munywoki P, Ngama M, Newton CR, Maitland K, Berkley JA. Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya....
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Management of antibiotic-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae infections and the use of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines.
Picazo JJ. Clinical Microbiology, Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain. [email protected] The epidemiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae, a major cause of meningitis, pneumonia,...
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Long-term morbidity from severe pneumonia in early childhood in The Gambia, West Africa: a follow-up study.
Puchalski Ritchie LM, Howie SR, Arenovich T, Cheung YB, Weber M, Moore S, Adegbola RA. University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. [email protected]...
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Chest radiograph vs. computed tomography scan in the evaluation for pneumonia.
Hayden GE, Wrenn KW. Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. To determine, in an Emergency Department (ED) population, the incidence...
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The efficacy of high-dose penicillin for community-acquired pneumonia diagnosed by pneumococcal urine antigen test.
Oka H, Ueda A, Watanuki Y, Tsukiji J, Kuroda H, Akashi S, Hirai Y, Fuyuki T, Kaneko T, Ishigatsubo Y. Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Yokohama City University Graduate...
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The prevalence of hypoxaemia among ill children in developing countries: a systematic review.
Subhi R, Adamson M, Campbell H, Weber M, Smith K, Duke T; Hypoxaemia in Developing Countries Study Group. Collaborators (22) Ashraf H, Adamson M, Berkley J, Bose A, Brent A, Brooks WA, Bruce...
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Bacterial variation, virulence and vaccines.
Moxon ER. Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DS, UK. [email protected] Research into Haemophilus influenzae, a...
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Rhinovirus associated with severe lower respiratory tract infections in children.
Louie JK, Roy-Burman A, Guardia-Labar L, Boston EJ, Kiang D, Padilla T, Yagi S, Messenger S, Petru AM, Glaser CA, Schnurr DP. California Department of Public Health, Richmond, CA, USA....
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Eleven consecutive years of respiratory syncytial virus outbreaks in Croatia.
Mlinaric-Galinovic G, Vilibic-Cavlek T, Ljubin-Sternak S, Drazenovic V, Galinovic I, Tomic V, Welliver RC. Virology Department, Croatian National Institute of Public Health, Rockefellerova,...
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A clinical tool to predict failed response to therapy in children with severe pneumonia.
Mamtani M, Patel A, Hibberd PL, Tuan TA, Jeena P, Chisaka N, Hassan M, Radovan IM, Thea DM, Qazi S, Kulkarni H. Lata Medical Research Foundation, Nagpur, India. Severe pneumonia in children...
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Atypical bacterial pathogens in community-acquired pneumonia in children: a hospital-based study.
Agarwal J, Awasthi S, Rajput A, Tiwari M, Jain A. Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. [email protected] A total of 243 children aged one month...
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The correlation and level of agreement between end-tidal and blood gas pCO2 in children with respiratory distress: a retrospective analysis.
Moses JM, Alexander JL, Agus MS. Department of Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Ave, AU-522, Boston, MA 02115, USA. [email protected] BACKGROUND: To investigate the...
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Staphylococcus aureus community-acquired pneumonia during the 2006 to 2007 influenza season.
Kallen AJ, Brunkard J, Moore Z, Budge P, Arnold KE, Fosheim G, Finelli L, Beekmann SE, Polgreen PM, Gorwitz R, Hageman J. Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for...
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High incidence of childhood pneumonia at high altitudes in Pakistan: a longitudinal cohort study.
Khan AJ, Hussain H, Omer SB, Chaudry S, Ali S, Khan A, Yasin Z, Imran JK, Mistry R, Baig IY, White F, Moulton LH, Halsey NA. Department of International Health, School of Public Health, Baltimore,...
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Use of multiple surveillance modalities to assess the epidemiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae infection in Bangladesh.
Luby SP, Brooks WA, Saha SK, el-Arifeen S, Naheed A, Sack D, Breiman RF. International Centre for Diarrheal Diseases Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh. [email protected] Measuring the broad impact of...
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Multihospital surveillance of pneumonia burden among children aged <5 years hospitalized for pneumonia in Bangladesh.
Naheed A, Saha SK, Breiman RF, Khatun F, Brooks WA, El Arifeen S, Sack D, Luby SP; Pneumococcal Study Group. Collaborators (11) Chowdhury MA, Khaled GA, Alam B, Hossain A, Mollah AH, Muazzam...
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Surveillance for invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae disease among hospitalized children in Bangladesh: antimicrobial susceptibility and serotype distribution.
Saha SK, Naheed A, El Arifeen S, Islam M, Al-Emran H, Amin R, Fatima K, Brooks WA, Breiman RF, Sack DA, Luby SP; Pneumococcal Study Group. Collaborators (11) Chowdhury MA, Khaled GA, Alam B,...
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Incidence of pneumococcal bacteremia requiring hospitalization in rural Thailand.
Baggett HC, Peruski LF, Olsen SJ, Thamthitiwat S, Rhodes J, Dejsirilert S, Wongjindanon W, Dowell SF, Fischer JE, Areerat P, Sornkij D, Jorakate P, Kaewpan A, Prapasiri P, Naorat S, Sangsuk L,...
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Surveillance of pneumococcal-associated disease among hospitalized children in Khanh Hoa Province, Vietnam.
Anh DD, Kilgore PE, Slack MP, Nyambat B, Tho le H, Yoshida LM, Nguyen HA, Nguyen CD, Chong CY, Nguyen D, Ariyoshi K, Clemens JD, Jodar L. National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi,...
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Standardizing surveillance of pneumococcal disease.
Knoll MD, Moïsi JC, Muhib FB, Wonodi CB, Lee EH, Grant L, Gilani Z, Anude CJ, O'Brien KL, Cherian T, Levine OS; PneumoADIP-Sponsored Surveillance Investigators. Collaborators (42)...
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Invasive pneumococcal disease in children aged <5 years admitted to 3 urban hospitals in Ibadan, Nigeria.
Falade AG, Lagunju IA, Bakare RA, Odekanmi AA, Adegbola RA. Department of Pediatrics, University College Hospital and College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria....
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Surveillance of invasive pneumococcal disease in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Batuwanthudawe R, Karunarathne K, Dassanayake M, de Silva S, Lalitha MK, Thomas K, Steinhoff M, Abeysinghe N. Epidemiogy Unit, Ministry of Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka. [email protected] The...
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Invasive pneumococcal disease in Kanti Children's Hospital, Nepal, as observed by the South Asian Pneumococcal Alliance network.
Shah AS, Knoll MD, Sharma PR, Moisi JC, Kulkarni P, Lalitha MK, Steinhoff M, Thomas K. Institute of Medicine and Kanti Children's Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal. [email protected] BACKGROUND:...
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Hospital-based surveillance of invasive pneumococcal disease among young children in urban Nepal.
Williams EJ, Thorson S, Maskey M, Mahat S, Hamaluba M, Dongol S, Werno AM, Yadav BK, Shah AS, Kelly DF, Adhikari N, Pollard AJ, Murdoch DR. Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford,...
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Invasive pneumococcal disease among children in rural Bangladesh: results from a population-based surveillance.
Arifeen SE, Saha SK, Rahman S, Rahman KM, Rahman SM, Bari S, Naheed A, Mannan I, Seraji MH, Ahmed NU, Hassan MS, Huda N, Siddik AU, Quasem I, Islam M, Fatima K, Al-Emran H, Brooks WA, Baqui AH,...
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The effect of therapeutic zinc supplementation among young children with selected infections: a review of the evidence.
Haider BA, Bhutta ZA. Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan. BACKGROUND: Zinc deficiency is now widely recognized as a leading risk factor for...
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Outbreak of acute respiratory disease in China caused by B2 species of adenovirus type 11.
Zhu Z, Zhang Y, Xu S, Yu P, Tian X, Wang L, Liu Z, Tang L, Mao N, Ji Y, Li C, Yang Z, Wang S, Wang J, Li D, Xu W. WHO WPRO Regional Reference Measles Laboratory and State Key Laboratory for...
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Clinical and genetic analysis of Human Bocavirus in children with lower respiratory tract infection in Taiwan.
Lin JH, Chiu SC, Lin YC, Chen HL, Lin KH, Shan KH, Wu HS, Liu HF. Center for Research and Diagnostics, Centers for Disease Control, Taipei, Taiwan. BACKGROUND: Human Bocavirus (HBoV) is a...
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Major airway injury during esophagectomy: experience at a tertiary care center.
Gupta V, Gupta R, Thingnam SK, Singh RS, Gupta AK, Kuthe S, Gupta NM. Department of General Surgery (Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery), Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and...
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Outbreak of infections due to KPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a hospital in Crete (Greece).
Maltezou HC, Giakkoupi P, Maragos A, Bolikas M, Raftopoulos V, Papahatzaki H, Vrouhos G, Liakou V, Vatopoulos AC. Department for Interventions in Health-Care Facilities, Hellenic Centre for...
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Simkania negevensis infection among Brazilian children hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia.
Nascimento-Carvalho CM, Cardoso MR, Paldanius M, Barral A, Araújo-Neto CA, Saukkoriipi A, Vainionpää R, Leinonen M, Ruuskanen O. PMID: 19232738 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Detection of human bocavirus in hospitalised children.
Dina J, Vabret A, Gouarin S, Petitjean J, Lecoq J, Brouard J, Arion A, Lafay-Delaire F, Freymuth F. Laboratory of Virology, University Hospital of Caen, Caen, France. [email protected] AIM:...
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Burden of invasive disease caused by Haemophilus influenzae type b in Asia.
Bröker M. Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics GmbH & Co KG, Marburg, Germany. [email protected] Globally, Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) is one of the leading causes of...
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Recommendations for treatment of childhood non-severe pneumonia.
Grant GB, Campbell H, Dowell SF, Graham SM, Klugman KP, Mulholland EK, Steinhoff M, Weber MW, Qazi S; World Health Organization Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Development. National...
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Maintaining protection against invasive bacteria with protein-polysaccharide conjugate vaccines.
Pollard AJ, Perrett KP, Beverley PC. Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Level 2, Children's Hospital, Oxford, UK. [email protected] Polysaccharide-encapsulated...
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Systems for the management of respiratory disease in primary care--an international series: Pakistan.
Yusuf MO. The Allergy and Asthma Institute, Islamabad, Pakistan. [email protected] INTRODUCTION: Pakistan has a population exceeding 160 million. Communicable diseases remain the most...
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Evaluation of the lung in children with suspected pneumonia: usefulness of ultrasonography.
[Article in English, Italian] Iuri D, De Candia A, Bazzocchi M. Istituto di Radiologia Policlinico Universitario di Udine, Via Colugna 50, 33100, Udine, Italy. [email protected] PURPOSE: The...
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The burden of pneumococcal disease among Latin American and Caribbean children: review of the evidence.
Valenzuela MT, O'Loughlin R, De La Hoz F, Gomez E, Constenla D, Sinha A, Valencia JE, Flannery B, De Quadros CA. Universidad de los Andes, Salud Pública y Epidemiología, San Carlos...
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Induced sputum in the diagnosis of childhood community-acquired pneumonia.
Lahti E, Peltola V, Waris M, Virkki R, Rantakokko-Jalava K, Jalava J, Eerola E, Ruuskanen O. Department of Paediatrics, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland. [email protected] BACKGROUND: The...
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Factors determining the outcome of children hospitalized with severe pneumonia.
Tiewsoh K, Lodha R, Pandey RM, Broor S, Kalaivani M, Kabra SK. Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India. [email protected] BACKGROUND:...
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Host and microbiologic factors associated with mortality in Taiwanese children with invasive pneumococcal diseases, 2001 to 2006.
Chen CJ, Lin CL, Chen YC, Wang CW, Chiu CH, Lin TY, Huang YC. Divisions of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Children's Hospital and Chang Gung Memorial Hospital,...
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Safety and tolerability of ertapenem versus ceftriaxone in a double-blind study performed in children with complicated urinary tract infection, community-acquired pneumonia or skin and soft-tissue infection.
Arguedas A, Cespedes J, Botet FA, Blumer J, Yogev R, Gesser R, Wang J, West J, Snyder T, Wimmer W; Protocol 036 Study Group. Collaborators (36) Ardila M, Arrieta A, Azimi P, Bradley J,...
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Diagnostic utility of CRP to neopterin ratio in patients with acute respiratory tract infections.
Rainer TH, Chan CP, Leung MF, Leung W, Ip M, Lee N, Cautherley GW, Graham CA, Fuchs D, Renneberg R. Accident and Emergency Academic Unit, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital,...
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More severe pneumococcal pneumonia in hospitalized Uruguayan children.
Fletcher MA. Comment on: J Pediatr. 2008 Jun;152(6):850-3. PMID: 19150682 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Pneumonia and other respiratory infections.
Ranganathan SC, Sonnappa S. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia. [email protected] Pneumonia is a...
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Breastfeeding prevents severe disease in full term female infants with acute respiratory infection
Libster R, Hortoneda JB, Laham FR, Casellas JM, Israele V, Polack NR, Delgado MF, Klein MI, Polack FP. Fundacion INFANT, Buenos Aires, Argentina. BACKGROUND: Breastfeeding is a well-known...
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Association of serotype of Streptococcus pneumoniae with risk of severe and fatal outcome.
Rückinger S, von Kries R, Siedler A, van der Linden M. Institute of Social Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Munich, Germany....
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Differentiation of bacterial and viral community-acquired pneumonia in children.
Don M, Valent F, Korppi M, Canciani M. Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, DPMSC, University of Udine, Italy. [email protected] BACKGROUND: Microbe-specific diagnosis of pediatric...
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Epidemiology and impacts of children hospitalized with pneumonia from 1997 to 2004 in Taiwan.
Wu PS, Chang IS, Tsai FY, Hsieh YC, Shao PL, Chang LY, Huang LM. Department of Pediatrics, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Taipei Branch, Taipei, Taiwan. Comment in: Pediatr Pulmonol. 2009...
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A four-stage strategy to reduce childhood pneumonia-related mortality by 2015 and beyond.
Brooks WA. The global community has considered several vaccines to reduce pneumonia morbidity and mortality among children <5 years. Recent burden estimates support pneumococcal vaccine...
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Cunning and community-acquired pneumonia.
Broadfield E, Doshi N, Alexander PD, Greaves M, Woodcock A. Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital of South Manchester, Manchester, UK. PMID: 19150706 [PubMed - indexed for...
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Cefuroxime for empiric treatment of community-acquired pneumococcal pneumonia: is there a generation gap?
Wiener-Well Y, Raveh D, Schlesinger Y, Yinnon AM, Rudensky B. Infectious Disease Unit, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel. BACKGROUND:Streptococcus pneumoniae infection is an...
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The epidemiology of acute respiratory distress syndrome in pediatric intensive care units in China.
Yu WL, Lu ZJ, Wang Y, Shi LP, Kuang FW, Qian SY, Zeng QY, Xie MH, Zhang GY, Zhuang DY, Fan XM, Sun B; Collaborative Study Group of Pediatric Respiratory Failure. Children's Hospital of Fudan...
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Bacterial incidence and antibiotic sensitivity pattern in moderate and severe infections in hospitalised patients.
Ghosh A, Karmakar PS, Pal J, Chakraborty N, Debnath NB, Mukherjee JD. Department of Medicine, Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata 700020. Infectious diseases are...
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Risk factors and outcome of community-acquired pneumonia due to Gram-negative bacilli.
Falguera M, Carratalà J, Ruiz-Gonzalez A, Garcia-Vidal C, Gazquez I, Dorca J, Gudiol F, Porcel JM. Internal Medicine Service, Institut de Recerca Biomèdica de Lleida (IRBLLEIDA),...
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Chlamydia trachomatis genotypes associated with pneumonia in Chilean infants.
Martinez MA, Millan F, Gonzalez C. Programme of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago de Chile. [email protected] We determined the serovar distribution and...
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Complicated community acquired pneumonia in children prior to the introduction of the pneumococcal conjugated vaccine.
Goldbart AD, Leibovitz E, Porat N, Givon-Lavi N, Drukmann I, Tal A, Greenberg D. Department of Paediatrics, Soroka University Medical Centre, Beer-Sheva, Israel. [email protected] Increasing...
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Invasive, paediatric, vaccine strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae: are there differences in clinical characteristics?
Trollfors B, Berg S, Backhaus E, Andersson R, Bossen Konradsen H. Queen Silvia Children's Hospital, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden. [email protected] Invasive...
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Low validity of caretakers' reports on use of selected antimalarials and antibiotics in children with severe pneumonia at an urban hospital in Uganda.
Hildenwall H, Lindkvist J, Tumwine JK, Bergqvist Y, Pariyo G, Tomson G, Peterson S. Division of International Health, Karolinska Institutet, Nobels väg 9, S-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden....
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Broadening the age restriction for initiating vaccination in regions with high rotavirus mortality: benefits of mortality reduction versus risk of fatal intussusception.
Patel MM, Clark AD, Glass RI, Greenberg H, Tate J, Santosham M, Sanderson CF, Steele D, Cortese M, Parashar UD. National Center for Immunizations and...
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Association between pentavalent rotavirus vaccine and severe rotavirus.
Patel M, Pedreira C, De Oliveira LH, Tate J, Orozco M, Mercado J, Gonzalez A, Malespin O, Amador JJ, Umaña J,Balmaseda A, Perez...
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Zinc and copper supplementation in children: a double-blind randomized controlled trial.
Patel A, Dibley MJ, Mamtani M, Badhoniya N, Kulkarni H. Lata Medical Research Foundation, Nagpur, India. [email protected] BACKGROUND: Diarrhea causes an estimated 2.5...
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More research needed into childhood diarrhoea.
[No authors listed] PMID: 19415877 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Attribution of malnutrition to cause-specific diarrheal illness: evidence from a prospective study of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Mondal D, Haque R, Sack RB, Kirkpatrick BD, Petri WA Jr. International Centre For Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR, B), Dhaka, Bangladesh. We examined whether...
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Population-based study of a widespread outbreak of diarrhea associated with increased mortality and malnutrition.
Mach O, Lu L, Creek T, Bowen A, Arvelo W, Smit M, Masunge J, Brennan M, Handzel T. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333,...
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Short-term and medium-term outcomes of quinolone-resistant infection.
Evans MR, Northey G, Sarvotham TS, Rigby CJ, Hopkins AL, Thomas DR. Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom....
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A single-center, open-label, one-sequence study of dalcetrapib coadministered with ketoconazole, and an in vitro study of the S-methyl metabolite of dalcetrapib.
Derks M, Fowler S, Kuhlmann O. F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Basel, Switzerland. [email protected] BACKGROUND: Dalcetrapib (RO4607381/JTT-705) is currently under clinical...
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Group and the technical team. Diarrhoea and vomiting caused by astroenteritis in: summary of NICE guidance.
Khanna R, Lakhanpaul M, Burman-Roy S, Murphy MS; Guideline Development Group and the technical team. Collaborators (27) National Collaborating Centre for Women's and...
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Detection and characterization of group in Buenos Aires, 1997-2003.
Castello AA, Argüelles MH, Rota RP, Humphrey CD, Olthoff A, Gentsch JR, Glass RI, Glikmann G, Jiang B. Division of Viral Diseases, Centers for...
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Deficiencies among under-2 children, adolescent girls, and pregnant women of Bangladesh: association with.
Harun-Or-Rashid M, Khatun UF, Yoshida Y, Morita S, Chowdhury N, Sakamoto J. Department of Healthcare Administration, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine,...
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In refugee camp: risk factors for illness and importance of sanitation.
Shultz A, Omollo JO, Burke H, Qassim M, Ochieng JB, Weinberg M, Feikin DR, Breiman RF. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi and Kisumu, Kenya....
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Descriptive epidemiology of mortality and morbidity of diseases in hospitalized children from.
McCarthy JE, Evans-Gilbert T. Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03766, USA. [email protected] The objectives of our study were...
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Effect of early exclusive breastfeeding on morbidity among infants born to HIV-negative mothers.
Koyanagi A, Humphrey JH, Moulton LH, Ntozini R, Mutasa K, Iliff P, Black RE. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of International Health,...
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A comparative analysis of pediatric patients with acute diarrhea.
Esteban Carretero J, Durbán Reguera F, López-Argüeta Alvarez S, López Montes J. Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital Torrecárdenas,...
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Supplementation for prevention of mortality and morbidity in infancy: systematic review of randomised controlled trials.
Gogia S, Sachdev HS. Department of Paediatrics and Clinical Epidemiology, Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science and Research, B-16 Qutab Institutional Area, New Delhi 110016, India....
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Concomitant Infections in children with acute diarrhea.
Lan WT, Lee HC, Yeung CY, Jiang CB, Kao HA, Hung HY, Chiu NC. Department of Pediatrics, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The...
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Prospective case-control study of the association between common enteric protozoal parasites.
Haque R, Mondal D, Karim A, Molla IH, Rahim A, Faruque AS, Ahmad N, Kirkpatrick BD, Houpt E, Snider C, Petri WA Jr. International Centre for...
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Intestinal protozoal parasites .
Ward HD. PMID: 19323632 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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National disease. Environ Sci Technol.
Green ST, Small MJ, Casman EA. Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, Baker Hall 129, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. [email protected] Diarrheal illness is a...
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Serodiversity and antimicrobial pattern of isolates at Gondar University teaching hospital, Northwest.
Tiruneh M. Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia. [email protected] The aims of this study were to...
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Protective effects of Pediatr Infect.
Velázquez FR. Medical Research Unit on Infectious Diseases, Pediatrics Hospital, National Medical Center SXXI, Mexican Institute of Social Security, Mexico City, D.F., Mexico....
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Pediatr Infect.
Bernstein DI. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA. [email protected] Rotaviral gastroenteritis is a serious public health...
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Early success, remaining questions.
Parashar UD, Glass RI. Viral Gastroenteritis Epidemiology Team, Division of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA. PMID: 19279338 [PubMed - indexed for...
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Reduce child mortality is under threat from lack of progress on.
Kmietowicz Z. PMID: 19279064 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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To reduce global mortality from childhood by 2015.
Fontaine O, Kosek M, Bhatnagar S, Boschi-Pinto C, Chan KY, Duggan C, Martinez H, Ribeiro H, Rollins NC, Salam MA, Santosham M, Snyder...
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Molecular typing and virulence of enteroaggregative strains isolated from children with and in Rio de Janeiro city.
Regua-Mangia AH, Gomes TA, Vieira MA, Irino K, Teixeira LM. Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ), Rio de Janeiro,...
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From diarrhoea to - when to seek advice.
Pollock KG, Stewart A, Beattie TJ, Todd WT, Ahn CK, Tarr PI, Cowden JM. PMID: 19273631 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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With the Le(a+b-) blood group have increased susceptibility to caused by enterotoxigenic expressing colonization factor I group fimbriae.
Ahmed T, Lundgren A, Arifuzzaman M, Qadri F, Teneberg S, Svennerholm AM. Laboratory Sciences Division, ICDDR, B, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh....
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Stool output and diarrhea duration in children with.
Dupont C, Foo JL, Garnier P, Moore N, Mathiex-Fortunet H, Salazar-Lindo E; Peru and Malaysia Diosmectite Study Groups. Collaborators (46) Paris Descartes...
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Lack of diagnostic accuracy of the monoclonal stool antigen test for detection of Helicobacter pylori infection in young aboriginal children.
Ritchie B, Brewster D, Tran CD, McNeil Y, Zacharakis B, Davidson GP, Butler RN. Infectious Diseases Unit, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia,...
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Antimicrobial drugs for persistent of unknown or non-specific cause in children under six in : systematic review of randomized controlled trials. BMC Infect Dis.
Abba K, Sinfield R, Hart CA, Garner P. Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, UK. [email protected] BACKGROUND: A high proportion of children with...
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Hospital-based surveillance to estimate the burden of rotavirus gastroenteritis among younger than 5 years of age.
Forster J, Guarino A, Parez N, Moraga F, Román E, Mory O, Tozzi AE, de Aguileta AL, Wahn U, Graham C, Berner R, Ninan...
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Experience in a government tertiary treatment facility in Bangladesh.
Hossain MI, Dodd NS, Ahmed T, Miah GM, Jamil KM, Nahar B, Alam B, Mahmood CB. Mother and Child Health Services, ICDDR,B, Mohakhali, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh....
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Clinical use of Nutr Clin Pract.
Wallace B. Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Clinical Nutrition, 34th and Civic Center Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. [email protected] Probiotics are live microorganisms that...
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Detection of newly described in stool samples from Emerg Infect Dis.
Finkbeiner SR, Le BM, Holtz LR, Storch GA, Wang D. Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis Program, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri...
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Genetic susceptibility to symptomatic.
Bucardo F, Kindberg E, Paniagua M, Grahn A, Larson G, Vildevall M, Svensson L. Department of Microbiology, University of León, Nicaragua (UNAN-León)....
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Furazolidone, amoxicillin, bismuth and rabeprazole quadruple for the eradication.
Cheng H, Hu FL. Department of Gastroenterology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China. [email protected] AIM: To compare the efficacy and side effect profiles of...
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Predictors of with presenting to the Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease, Dhaka.
Chisti MJ, Saha S, Roy CN, Ahmed T, Faruque AS, Salam MA, Islam S. International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, 68 Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed...
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A look back at an ongoing problem: type 1 epidemics in in (1993-1995).
Kernéis S, Guerin PJ, von Seidlein L, Legros D, Grais RF. Epicentre, Paris, France. BACKGROUND: Shigella dysenteriae type 1 (Sd1) is a cause of major dysentery...
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A review of safety and tolerability. Pediatr Infect.
Cheuvart B, Friedland LR, Abu-Elyazeed R, Han HH, Guerra Y, Verstraeten T. GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, Rixensart, Belgium. [email protected] BACKGROUND: An...
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Concomitant use of the 3-dose oral with a 3-dose primary vaccination course of a diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis-hepatitis B: immunogenicity and reactogenicity.
Ciarlet M, He S, Lai S, Petrecz M, Yuan G, Liu GF, Mikviman E, Heaton PM, Panzer F, Rose T, Koller DY, Van Damme P, Schödel F....
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Viral agents associated with acute gastroenteritis in children hospitalized with.
Jin Y, Cheng WX, Yang XM, Jin M, Zhang Q, Xu ZQ, Yu JM, Zhu L, Yang SH, Liu N, Cui SX, Fang ZY, Duan ZJ. Department of Pediatrics, The...
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The impact of gastroenteritis.
Mast TC, DeMuro-Mercon C, Kelly CM, Floyd LE, Walter EB. Merck Research Laboratories, North Wales, PA, USA. [email protected] BACKGROUND: Rotavirus is the leading...
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Prevention of rotavirus gastroenteritis among infants and children: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).
Cortese MM, Parashar UD; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Atlanta GA 30333, USA....
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A randomized controlled trial of the and its impact on diarrheal disease in,Dominican Republic.
Stauber CE, Ortiz GM, Loomis DP, Sobsey MD. Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Public Health, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North...
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Cost-effectiveness of childhood rotavirus vaccination.
Wu CL, Yang YC, Huang LM, Chen KT. Department of Public Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan. OBJECTIVE: Rotavirus is the most common cause...
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The effect of interrupted 5-day training on Integrated Management of Illness on the knowledge .
Kumar D, Aggarwal AK, Kumar R. School of Public Health, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. The conventional 8-day Integrated Management of...
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An outbreak of diarrhea-associated childhood uremic syndrome.
Matsell DG, White CT. Division of Nephrology, British Columbia Children's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. [email protected] In Canada, the majority of cases of childhood...
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Diagnosing : Using ELISA to identify a cut-off for real time RT-PCR.
Phillips G, Lopman B, Tam CC, Iturriza-Gomara M, Brown D, Gray J. Department of Gastrointestinal, Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, Health Protection Agency Centre for...
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For diarrhoea improves growth among 6 to 11 months of age.
Naheed A, Walker Fischer CL, Mondal D, Ahmed S, Arifeen SE, Yunus M, Black RE, Baqui AH. International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Mohakhali,...
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Diarrhea as a minor adverse effect due to.
Sugawara T, Ohsuka Y, Taya K, Yasui Y, Wada N, Sakano M, Koshida R, Fujii F, Shibata S, Hashimoto G, Utsumi H, Sumitomo M, Ishihara...
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In colonization of the murine intestine by Infect Immun.
Martinez-Jéhanne V, du Merle L, Bernier-Fébreau C, Usein C, Gassama-Sow A, Wane AA, Gouali M, Damian M,Aïdara-Kane A, Germani...
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Effects of in utero on child immunity and Toxicol Lett.
Raqib R, Ahmed S, Sultana R, Wagatsuma Y, Mondal D, Hoque AM, Nermell B, Yunus M, Roy S, Persson LA,Arifeen SE, Moore S, Vahter M....
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Bangladeshi Rotavirus Vaccine study group. Successful co-administration of a Bangladeshi infants in a 2-dose schedule at 12 and 16 weeks of age.
Zaman K, Sack DA, Yunus M, Arifeen SE, Podder G, Azim T, Luby S, Breiman RF, Neuzil K, Datta SK, Delem A,Suryakiran PV, Bock...
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Susceptibility to intestinal infection and diarrhoea in relation to HIV status and CD4 count. BMC Gastroenterol.
Kelly P, Todd J, Sianongo S, Mwansa J, Sinsungwe H, Katubulushi M, Farthing MJ, Feldman RA. Tropical Gastroenterology & Nutrition group, Department of...
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Cost-effectiveness of BMC Public Health.
Kim SY, Goldie SJ, Salomon JA. Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA. [email protected] BACKGROUND: Rotavirus is the most...
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Incidence, virulence factors, and clonality among clinical strains of non-O1, non-O139 isolates from hospitalized
Chatterjee S, Ghosh K, Raychoudhuri A, Chowdhury G, Bhattacharya MK, Mukhopadhyay AK, Ramamurthy T,Bhattacharya SK, Klose KE, Nandy RK. National Institute...
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Severe diarrhoea caused by Campylobacter isolates.
Feodoroff FB, Lauhio AR, Sarna SJ, Hänninen ML, Rautelin HI. Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland....
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Assemblages associated with diarrhea in identified by PCR-RFLP.
Ajjampur SS, Sankaran P, Kannan A, Sathyakumar K, Sarkar R, Gladstone BP, Kang G. Department of Gastrointestinal Sciences, Christian Medical College, Vellore,...
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Antibody response in children infected with treatment with .
Jiménez JC, Pinon A, Dive D, Capron M, Dei-Cas E, Convit J. Laboratory of Immunopathology, Institute of Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Central of...
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Trends in antimicrobial resistance of isolates.
Ashtiani MT, Monajemzadeh M, Kashi L. Associate Professor of Clinical and Anatomical Pathology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. [email protected] CONTEXT:...
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Pre-admission therapy for a hospital-based study.
Ng YJ, Lo YL, Lee WS. Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Acute gastroenteritis (AGE) is a common illness among infants and...
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Diagnosis and prevalence of enteropathogenic bacteria in children less than 5 years of age with.
Jafari F, Garcia-Gil LJ, Salmanzadeh-Ahrabi S, Shokrzadeh L, Aslani MM, Pourhoseingholi MA, Derakhshan F, Zali MR. The National Research Department of...
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Enteric infection meets intestinal function: how bacterial.
Viswanathan VK, Hodges K, Hecht G. Department of Veterinary Science & Microbiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA. Infectious diarrhoea is a significant...
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Distribution after vaccine introduction, Rio de Janeiro.
Carvalho-Costa FA, Araújo IT, Santos de Assis RM, Fialho AM, de Assis Martins CM, Bóia MN, Leite JP. Laboratory of Comparative Virology, Oswaldo Cruz...
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Microsporidiosis and malnutrition in children with Emerg Infect Dis.
Mor SM, Tumwine JK, Naumova EN, Ndeezi G, Tzipori S. Division of Infectious Diseases, Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, North Grafton, MA 01536, USA....
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Noroviruses, sapovirus, and adenoviruses in patients with acute gastroenteritis in.
Kittigul L, Pombubpa K, Taweekate Y, Yeephoo T, Khamrin P, Ushijima H. Faculty of Public Health, Department of Microbiology, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand....
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Multidrug resistant enteroaggregative diarrhoea in rural.
Raju B, Ballal M. Department of Microbiology, Kasturba Medical College-International Centre, Manipal, Karnataka, India. Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) has been implicated in...
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Cardiac tamponade in diarrhoea-positive.
Mohammed J, Filler G, Price A, Sharma AP. Department of Paediatrics, Children's Hospital at London Health Science Centre, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada....
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Parental management of childhood diarrhea.
Li ST, Klein EJ, Tarr PI, Denno DM. Department of Pediatrics, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California 95817, USA. [email protected] The objective was to...
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Association of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli Pathotypes with infection and diarrhea among Association of with acute diarrhea.
Estrada-Garcia T, Lopez-Saucedo C, Thompson-Bonilla R, Abonce M, Lopez-Hernandez D, Santos JI, Rosado JL,DuPont HL, Long KZ. Department of Molecular...
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Recollection of childhood abdominal pain in gastrointestinal disorders.
Chitkara DK, Talley NJ, Schleck C, Zinsmeister AR, Shah ND, Locke GR 3rd. UNC Center for Functional GI and Motility Disorders, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology,...
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Molecular epidemiology of hospitalized for acute gastroenteritis in 2001 through 2005.
Xu J, Yang Y, Sun J, Ding Y, Su L, Fang Z, Glass RI. Pediatric Institute, Children's Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China. [email protected]...
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Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli in samples obtained from presenting to referral hospitals.
Shaheen HI, Abdel Messih IA, Klena JD, Mansour A, El-Wakkeel Z, Wierzba TF, Sanders JW, Khalil SB,Rockabrand DM, Monteville MR, Rozmajzl...
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Comparative genome analysis of enteropathogenic O127:H6 strain E2348/69.
Iguchi A, Thomson NR, Ogura Y, Saunders D, Ooka T, Henderson IR, Harris D, Asadulghani M, Kurokawa K, Dean P, Kenny B, Quail...
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Bacterial enteropathogens of admitted to hospital in Bangladesh.
Khan AM, Hossain MS, Khan AI, Chisti MJ, Chowdhury F, Faruque AS, Salam MA. International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000,...
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A tool for exploring epidemiological methods.
Schmidt WP, Genser B, Chalabi Z. Department for Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK. [email protected] The measurement...
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Infant feeding, solid foods and hospitalisation in the first Arch Dis Child.
Quigley MA, Kelly YJ, Sacker A. National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus, Headington, Oxford OX3 7LF, UK. [email protected] Most infants...
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A multicenter study from a country is endemic.
Das K, Ghoshal UC, Dhali GK, Benjamin J, Ahuja V, Makharia GK. Division of Gastroenterology, School of Digestive and Liver Diseases, Institute of Post-Graduate Medical...
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Feeding and nutritional characteristics of infants on J Trop Pediatr.
Magezi SR, Kikafunda J, Whitehead R. Department of Food Science and Technology, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. [email protected] OBJECTIVES: To compare feeding and...
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Time-independent maternal and infant factors and time-dependent infant morbidities including, contribute to infant growth faltering during the first 2 years of life.
Webb AL, Manji K, Fawzi WW, Villamor E. Department of Anthropology, Laboratory for the Study of Constraints on Child Nutrition and Care, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON,...
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Severity and age of not socioeconomic conditions, are associated with rotavirus seasonality in .
Schael IP, González R, Salinas B. Instituto de Biomedicina, Ministerio de Salud, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Fuvesin, Caracas, Venezuela. Rotavirus (RV) epidemiology...
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Diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli are not a significant cause of in hospitalised children in.
Albert MJ, Rotimi VO, Dhar R, Silpikurian S, Pacsa AS, Molla AM, Szucs G. Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Jabriya, Kuwait....
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