background: selective antibody deficiency with normal immunoglobulins (sadni) may be identified as part of distinct primary or secondary immunodeficiency disorders. the clinical manifestations include recurrent, often severe or prolonged, upper or lower respiratory tract infections. objectives: to evaluate sadni in patients with recurrent sinopulmonary infections and its relation to igg subclas...

conclusions mp, flub and rsv are the principal contributors to ari in the hubei area, with mixed infections, typically of mp and flub, being the most common pathogens statistically significant between different age groups. background acute respiratory infection (ari) is one of the primary diseases that cause high morbidity and mortality to children especially in developing countries. ari can co...

pneumonia is the leading cause of mortality in young children worldwide. early diagnosis and empiric antibacterial therapy is an important strategy to improve outcome. the world health organization (who) has developed case management guidelines to reduce pneumonia-related deaths through early diagnosis and antibiotic treatment. for management purpose, pneumonia is subclassified by its severity....

conclusions: this study indicates that rsv is a substantial cause of respiratory tract infection in infants less than 2 years old. rt-pcr offers a rapid method for detection of rsv in hospitalized children with lrti. results: during the study period, 9 children had a positive result for rsv infection. the median age of these patients was 10 months. bronchiolitis was the clinical diagnosis of pa...

background : to assess the practicability of a new algorithm in decreasing the rate of incorrect diagnoses and inappropriate antibiotic usage in pediatric acute respiratory tract infection (arti ( methods : children between 1 month to15 years brought to outpatient clinics of a children’s hospital with acute respiratory symptoms were managed according to the steps recommended in the algorithm . ...

evidence acquisition this article aims at offering clinicians a brief update on the recent epidemiology of respiratory infections in pediatrics. it also underlines the fact that any evidence-based recommendation needs more research in different areas. context respiratory tract infections are the main cause of children’s morbidity and mortality both in the developing and the developed countries....

background : this research provides an insight into exposure information and particle size distributions of bisphenol a (bpa), a common environmental hormone, at polycarbonate (pc) molding plants in southern taiwan. methods : the inhalable dust sampler as iom and the micro-orifice uniform deposition impactor (moudi) were used for samples collection to evaluate the level and particle size distri...

background: the airway surfaces are one of the most common ways of entry of infectious agents. oral cavity associated lymphoid tissues are inductive site of humoral immune responses in inflammatory and infectious disorders of the upper respiratory tract. these lymphoid tissues play important roles in the induction of salivary iga. the impact of upper respiratory tract diseases on salivary iga p...

respiratory syncytial virus infection in immunocompromised patients, especially those with defects in cell mediated immunity is associated with high morbidity and mortality. lymphocytopenia is an important factor associated with progression of upper to lower respiratory tract infection. the only licensed antiviral treatment for rsv available currently is ribavirin, although additional immunomod...

background upper respiratory tract infections (urti) in children are the most frequent reasons for visiting a family doctor, commonly resulting in inappropriate prescription of antibiotics. in underdeveloped countries, a viral respiratory tract infection may be followed by serious complications. more than 200 viral species are associated with respiratory tract diseases in humans and this number...