Andrew D Black
Andrew D Black
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a common cause of presentation to healthcare facilities. The diagnosis of CAP is usually made in patients with suggestive symptoms, signs, and radiological features. A number of non-infectious condition...
David R Murdoch
David R Murdoch
The biggest recent development in pneumonia diagnostics has been the increased availability and use of nucleic acid detection assays, although this change has brought with it new challenges about the interpretation of positive results. Reco...
Helen E Jenkins
Helen E Jenkins
In 2015, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared tuberculosis (TB) to be responsible for more deaths than any other single infectious disease. The burden of TB among children has frequently been dismissed as relatively low with resulti...
Anatomical site-specific contributions of pneumococcal virulence determinants [0.03%]
肺炎链球菌毒力决定因子的解剖部位特异性贡献
Anukul T Shenoy,Carlos J Orihuela
Anukul T Shenoy
Streptococcus pneumoniae is an opportunistic pathogen globally associated with significant morbidity and mortality. It is capable of causing a wide range of diseases including sinusitis, conjunctivitis, otitis media, pneumonia, bacteraemia,...
Acute respiratory infection and bacteraemia as causes of non-malarial febrile illness in African children: a narrative review [0.03%]
非洲儿童非疟疾发热性疾病的病因：急性呼吸道感染和菌血症：叙述性综述
Florida Muro,Rita Reyburn,Hugh Reyburn
Florida Muro
The replacement of "presumptive treatment for malaria" by "test before treat" strategies for the management of febrile illness is raising awareness of the importance of knowing more about the causes of illness in children who are suspected ...
The role of rapid diagnostic tests in managing adults with pneumonia in low-resource settings [0.03%]
资源匮乏地区成人肺炎管理中快速诊断试验的作用
Stephen J Aston
Stephen J Aston
In well-resourced settings the systematic use of rapid diagnostics tests (e.g. pneumococcal urinary antigen test) that define the causal pathogen to direct therapy has not resulted in significantly improved outcomes in adults with pneumonia...