Information regarding American black bear (Ursus americanus) mortality caused by disease is limited. Pneumonia is a common respiratory disease that affects many species of wildlife and can result in death. In February 2011, we investigated the death of a yearling male black bear and determined cause of death to be aspiration pneumonia. We found sections of lung were diffusely congested and edem...

BACKGROUND Repeated aspiration pneumonia is a serious problem in the elderly. In aspiration pneumonia, neutrophils play an important role in acute lung injury, while CD18-independent neutrophil transmigration pathways have also been reported in acid-aspiration pneumonia animal models. However, the involvement of IL-17A and β1 integrin still remains unclear. The β1 integrin subfamily integrin α9...

We describe 2 children with severe spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy (CP) who have significant drooling and frequent aspiration pneumonia. They underwent simultaneous botulinum toxin type A (BTX-A) injections to salivary glands for drooling and prevention of aspiration pneumonia along with single-event multilevel chemoneurolysis (SEMLC) with BTX-A and 5% phenol for severe diffuse spasticity. ...

INTRODUCTION Aspiration pneumonia in children is an important disease in terms of the morbidity and mortality associated with it. The objective of this study is to characterize the cases of aspiration pneumonia on the basis of the predisposing factors, types of aspiration syndromes, materials aspirated and their clinical outcome. METHODS A total of 107 patients diagnosed as having aspiration ...