On concurring to the current evidence, the myriad of vulnerable COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 19) transmission is acquiring through human-to-human transmission through droplets, which is depicting devastating pandemic....
We evaluated the value of BioFire® FilmArray® pneumonia panel in establishing a microbiologic diagnosis of pneumonia. We evaluated opportunities for antimicrobial optimization from its use.We included adult patients with...
The emergence of Gram-negative resistance during antibacterial therapy yields worse clinical outcomes and increased antimicrobial resistance worldwide. We evaluated the emergence of nonsusceptibility to ceftolozane/tazobactam...
Few studies distinguished the independent role of overweight/obesity or their associated-comorbidities in the evolution towards severe forms of COVID-19. Obesity as a unifying risk factor for severe COVID-19 is an emerging...
Increasing evidence has linked childhood pneumonia with early exposure to ambient air pollution. However, the impact of exposure to air pollutants before birth is unclear.To further clarify whether exposure to a particular...
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is associated with a high incidence of dysphagia. Aspiration pneumonia due to dysphagia is a major cause of death in patients with PD, and therefore accurately evaluating dysphagia should help...
Idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis (PPFE) is a rare form of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia that is characterized by predominantly upper lobe pleural and subpleural lung parenchymal fibrosis. Pneumothorax is one of...
This study aimed to determine parameters for worsening oxygenation in non-severe COVID-19 pneumonia.This retrospective cohort study included confirmed COVID-19 pneumonia in a public hospital in South Korea. The worsening...
The field efficacy of a bivalent vaccine containing porcine circovirus type 2b (PCV2b) and Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae was evaluated on three pig farms.Three pig farms were used, two of which had a history of subclinical PCV2 and...
We describe the characteristics and short-term prognosis of in-patients with diabetes and COVID-19 admitted to a Belgian academic care center.We retrospectively reviewed the data on admission from patients with known or...
Phase I clinical trials have established low-dose, whole-lung radiotherapy (LD-RT) as safe for patients with COVID-19-related pneumonia. By focally dampening cytokine hyperactivation, LD-RT may improve disease outcomes through...
To describe clinical features and outcomes of a case series of adult tetanus which could be of great importance, illustrating still inadequacies in confronting this preventable disease.This study retrospectively evaluated 24...
