OBJECTIVE To determine if recurrent community acquired pneumonia (RP) is a risk factor for developing childhood asthma (CA), compared with those children who only suffer one episode of pneumonia or non-recurrent pneumonia (NRP). To determine if patients with CA are more disposed to suffer RP. DESIGN Historical cohort study. SETTING Primary care. PARTICIPANTS A total of 80 episodes of pneu...

Introduction Cri du chat syndrome is a rare genetic disorder due to deletion of variable length of short arm of chromosome 5(5p). It mainly presents with typical cat like cry, facial dysmorphism, poor growth with feeding problems and severe cognitive, speech, and motor delays. Case Report We present here a one year old child who did not presented with typical features but presented with recurre...

BACKGROUND In Japan and other societies with rapidly aging populations, recurrent pneumonia (RP) is a major clinical problem yet only limited information exists regarding the burden of this disease. METHODS A prospective study of adult pneumonia was conducted to investigate the incidence of RP and potential risk factors. From February 1, 2012 to January 31, 2013, patients aged ≥ 15 years who ...

BACKGROUND A substantial proportion of patients with recurrent pneumonia do not have an apparent underlying condition, but they may have unknown defects in host defence mechanisms such as cough reflex. METHODS Capsaicin cough sensitivity was measured in seven patients with recurrent pneumonia but no underlying condition. Recurrent pneumonia was defined as at least two episodes of pneumonia in...

We reviewed the records of all patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) who had Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia over a 2.5-year period. Of patients with P aeruginosa pneumonia, 20 of 34 survived the initial episode of pneumonia. Ten of these 20 developed recurrence. In the nonrecurrent group, nine of ten survived hospitalization, compared to only four of ten in the recurrent group. Comparing ...

Bronchopulmonary sequestration is a rare congenital malformation of the lower respiratory tract. Its presentation is varied, and it rarely presents in adulthood. We report the case of a 31-year-old woman who was admitted with recurrent pneumonia. She had been treated for pneumonia multiple times within the last 3 years. On subsequent workup, she was found to have intra-lobar bronchopulmonary se...