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Lower respiratory tract infection
Known as:
chest colds
, chest cold
, Lower respiratory tract infections
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An acute or chronic, viral or bacterial infectious process that affects the lower respiratory tract.
National Institutes of Health
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Acute lower respiratory tract infection
Bronchitis
Bare lymphocyte syndrome 2
Chest
Lung
Purine-nucleoside phosphorylase deficiency
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Respiratory Tract Diseases
Respiratory Tract Infections
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2004
2004
Clinical presentation of acute chest syndrome in sickle cell disease
C. Taylor
,
F. Carter
,
Jissy Vijo Poulose
,
S. Rolle
,
S. Babu
,
S. Crichlow
Postgraduate medical journal
2004
Corpus ID: 24864806
In this study the records of 45 patients with sickle cell disease involved in 63 presentations of acute chest syndrome at the…
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1986
1986
Ceftriaxone therapy in adults with severe lower respiratory tract infections.
P. Potgieter
,
D. Linton
,
A. Forder
,
H. Plumb
South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse…
1986
Corpus ID: 35907159
Ceftriaxone, a third-generation cephalosporin with a wide spectrum of antimicrobial activity and a long half-life of 8 hours…
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1977
1977
The value of blood cultures in geriatric practice.
M. Denham
,
G. S. Goodwin
Age and Ageing
1977
Corpus ID: 29647222
Forty-nine of 498 (10%) blood cultures taken in a 14-month period in a geriatric department were positive. These cultures were…
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Review
1976
Review
1976
Hydatid disease at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, 1964 to 1974.
J. Little
Medical Journal of Australia
1976
Corpus ID: 41370075
A survey of hydatid disease has been carried out at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital over a ten-year period from 1964 to 1974. It…
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Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Sensitivity of Haemophilus influenzae to Antibiotics
J. Williams
,
J. Andrews
British medical journal
1974
Corpus ID: 34939915
The use of many different antibiotics to treat chest infection has led us to test the sensitivity of 68 strains of Haemophilus…
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1974
1974
Secondary Respiratory Infection in Hospital Patients: Effect of Antimicrobial Agents and Environment
J. R. Philp
,
R. Spencer
British medical journal
1974
Corpus ID: 41450795
A prospective study of 358 medical and 234 postoperative patients with clinical evidence of secondary chest infection showed that…
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1973
1973
Purulent pericarditis followed by early constriction in young children.
R. Caird
,
N. Conway
,
I. Mcmillan
British heart journal
1973
Corpus ID: 21637989
Two young children with acute purulent pericarditis are described, and the management of this condition is discussed…
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1972
1972
Transtracheal aspiration in the diagnosis of lower respiratory tract infections.
A. Schreiner
,
A. Digranes
,
O. Myking
Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
1972
Corpus ID: 46421871
AbstractTranstracheal aspiration (TTA) was performed on 87 patients to assess its usefulness in the etiological diagnosis of…
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1970
1970
The relationship between the weight of an infant and lower respiratory infection.
B. Hutchinson-Smith
1970
Corpus ID: 57861693
1943
1943
SICKLE CELL ANEMIA IN THE WHITE RACE: WITH REPORT OF CASES IN TWO FAMILIES
M. A. Ogden
1943
Corpus ID: 58205016
In view of the rarity of sickle cell anemia in the white race, 2 cases of this disease in an active form in white families are…
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