Open forum infectious diseases
Authors: Shannon Novosad, Lisa G. Winston, Helen Johnston, Elizabeth Badolato, Carol Lyons, Monica Farley, Andrew Revis, Lucy Wilson, Rebecca Perlmutter, Stacy M. Holzbauer, Tory Whitten, Erin C. Phipps, Ghinwa Dumyati, Zintars G. Beldaversus, Valerie L.S. Ocampo, Marion Kainer, Corinne M. Davis, Jamie Barnes, Dale Gerding, Alice Guh
Survey of Anesthesiology
Authors: Kirsten Neudoerffer Kangelaris, Lorraine B. Ware, Chen Yu Wang, David R. Janz, Hanjing Zhuo, Michael A. Matthay, Carolyn S. Calfee
Pulmonary Emergencies
Authors: Nirav R. Bhakta, Stephen C. Lazarus
Open forum infectious diseases
Authors: Sharmin Shekarchian, Shawn Gogia, Jeff Doyon, Emily Watkins, Arianne Teherani, Brian Schwartz, Peter Chin-Hong
Journal of interprofessional education & practice
Authors: Mandal J, Avdagic K, Wamsley M, Brock T, van Schaik S
Volume 11 of Issue 12 | PloS one
Authors: Chochua S, D'Acremont V, Hanke C, Alfa D, Shak J, Kilowoko M, Kyungu E, Kaiser L, Genton B, Klugman KP, Vidal JE
BACKGROUND
We assessed nasopharyngeal (NP) carriage of five pathogens in febrile children with and without acute respiratory infection (ARI) of the upper (URTI) or lower tract, attending health facilities in Tanzania.
METHODS
NP swabs collected from children (N = 960) aged 2 months to 10 years, and with a temperature ≥38°C, were utilized to quantify bacterial density of S. pneumoniae (Sp), H. influenzae (Hi), M. catarrhalis (Mc), S. aureus (Sa), and N. meningitidis (Nm). We determined associations between presence of individual species, densities, or concurrent carriage of all species combination with respiratory diseases including clinical pneumonia, pneumonia with normal chest radiography (CXR) and endpoint pneumonia.
RESULTS
Individual carriage, and NP density, of Sp, Hi, or Mc, but not Sa, or Nm, was significantly associated with febrile ARI and clinical pneumonia when compared to febrile non-ARI episodes. Density was also significantly increased in severe pneumonia when compared to mild URTI (Sp, p<0.002; Hi p<0.001; Mc, p = 0.014). Accordingly, concurrent carriage of Sp+, Hi+, and Mc+, in the absence of Sa- and Nm-, was significantly more prevalent in children with ARI (p = 0.03), or clinical pneumonia (p<0.001) than non-ARI, and in children with clinical pneumonia (p = 0.0007) than URTI. Furthermore, Sp+, Hi+, and Mc+ differentiated children with pneumonia with normal CXR, or endpoint pneumonia, from those with URTI, and non-ARI cases.
CONCLUSIONS
Concurrent NP carriage of Sp, Hi, and Mc was a predictor of clinical pneumonia and identified children with pneumonia with normal CXR and endpoint pneumonia from those with febrile URTI, or non-ARI episodes.
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International journal of epidemiology
Authors: Cain LE, Saag MS, Petersen M, May MT, Ingle SM, Logan R, Robins JM, Abgrall S, Shepherd BE, Deeks SG, John Gill M, Touloumi G, Vourli G, Dabis F, Vandenhende MA, Reiss P, van Sighem A, Samji H, Hogg RS, Rybniker J, Sabin CA, Jose S, Del Amo J, Moreno S, Rodríguez B, Cozzi-Lepri A, Boswell SL, Stephan C, Pérez-Hoyos S, Jarrin I, Guest JL, D'Arminio Monforte A, Antinori A, Moore R, Campbell CN, Casabona J, Meyer L, Seng R, Phillips AN, Bucher HC, Egger M, Mugavero MJ, Haubrich R, Geng EH, Olson A, Eron JJ, Napravnik S, Kitahata MM, Van Rompaey SE, Teira R, Justice AC, Tate JP, Costagliola D, Sterne JA, Hernán MA
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Authors: Kohanski RA, Deeks SG, Gravekamp C, Halter JB, High K, Hurria A, Fuldner R, Green P, Huebner R, Macchiarini F, Sierra F
Kidney international
Authors: Scialla JJ, Asplin J, Dobre M, Chang AR, Lash J, Hsu CY, Kallem RR, Hamm LL, Feldman HI, Chen J, Appel LJ, Anderson CA, Wolf M
