Treatment of bacterial respiratory infections

Treatment of bacterial infections

Editorial Treatment of bacterial infections This issue of the journal has again a theme-that of diagnosis and treatment of infection in its various guises. It is not that long since a simple cut or abrasion could result in overwhelming septicaemia and death due to lack of suitable treatment by antibiotics – which today we all take for granted. Hedley-Whyte and Milamed nicely illustrate the prog...

Mucosal immunization for bacterial respiratory infections.

Bacterial Respiratory Infections Complicating Human Immunodeficiency Virus.

Opportunistic bacterial and fungal infections of the lower respiratory tract, most commonly those caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae (the pneumococcus), Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and Pneumocystis jirovecii, remain the major causes of mortality in those infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Bacterial respiratory pathogens most prevalent in those infected with HIV, other than M. tub...

Bacterial Adaptation during Chronic Respiratory Infections

Chronic lung infections are associated with increased morbidity and mortality for individuals with underlying respiratory conditions such as cystic fibrosis (CF) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The process of chronic colonisation allows pathogens to adapt over time to cope with changing selection pressures, co-infecting species and antimicrobial therapies. These adaptations ca...

Fungal Infections of Respiratory Tract-Final Section

Histoplasma capsulatum var. capsulatum, Blastomyces dermatitidis, Coccidioides immitis, Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, and Penicillium marneffei are endemic dimorphic fungi that may infect the respiratory tract. Sporothrix schenkeii, which manifests the typical thermal dimorphism of the endemic dimorphic organisms, does not seem to follow a geographically defined endemic pattern of distribution...