PURPOSE Although common in children with tympanostomy tubes, the current incidence of tympanostomy tube otorrhea (TTO) is uncertain. TTO is generally a sign of otitis media, when middle ear fluid drains through the tube. Predictors for otitis media are therefore suggested to have predictive value for the occurrence of TTO. OBJECTIVE To determine the incidence of TTO and its predictors. METH...

OBJECTIVE To determine the extent to which antibiotics reduce the risk of serious complications after common respiratory tract infections. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SETTING UK primary care practices contributing to the general practice research database. DATA SOURCE 3.36 million episodes of respiratory tract infection. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Risk of serious complications in trea...

It has recently been suggested that Chlamydia trachomatis may be a common cause of acute pharyngitis in adults. In a prospective investigation of 95 college students with acute pharyngitis, C. trachomatis was not isolated from any pharyngeal cultures. Further investigations are needed to better define the role of C. trachomatis in upper respiratory tract infections.

Differential Diagnosis of Chronic Cough Cough may be characterized as acute (lasting less than three weeks), subacute (lasting three to eight weeks), or chronic (persisting beyond eight weeks).2 Acute cough may develop because of viral upper respiratory tract infection (the most common cause), acute bacterial sinusitis, exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), allergic rhin...

A case of a female patient with extensive rheumatoid arthritis who presented to the Accident and Emergency Department with life-threatening stridor is described. Although clinical involvement of the larynx is found in over a third of patients with severe rheumatoid arthritis, acute airways obstruction is fortunately a very rare complication. Stridor is probably precipitated in the acute situati...

background and objectives: feline herpesvirus-1, feline calicivirus and chlamydophila felis are the main causes of feline upper respiratory tract disease. this study was conducted to identify of fehv-1, fcv and c. felis infections in domestic cat population and also to estimate the prevalence of each specific infection in iran. materials and methods: the ocular conjunctiva and oropharyngeal spe...

ARTI (Acute Respiratory Tract Infection) is an infectious disease of the upper or lower respiratory tract that can cause various spectrums from mild infection to severe and deadly disease, depending on pathogen causing it. Mother's education level nutritional status are factors indirectly related incidence in children. Nutritional has important role child's immune system. Observational analytic...

objective to study the clinical presentation, hospital course and outcomes of patients admitted with guillain-barre syndrome (gbs) to three tertiary care hospitals in mashhad, iran. materials and methods the records of all patients admitted with flaccid paralysis between april 1999 and january 2005 were reviewed and those with the diagnosis of gbs were included in the study. standard questionna...

Background: Human parvovirus B19 was known as one of the possible cause of mild respiratory tract diseases in previous studies. However, there are some reports of acute obstructive respiratory disease and severe pneumonia. The purpose of current study was to assess the prevalence and clinical features of parvovirus B19 in respiratory infection.    Methods: This study was conducted on...

Background: Fever is a very common adaptive immune response in acute respiratory tract disorders during infancy. Antipyretic / analgesic drugs such as paracetamol (acetaminophen) are widely used to improve the comfort of child. Objective: To determine efficacy symptomatic relief upper infections children aged 2 5 years. Study Design: Descriptive case series Setting: Department Pediatrics, Ayub ...