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    Lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) is a term often used as a synonym for pneumonia but can also be applied to other types of infection including...
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    Respiratory tract infections (RTIs) are infectious diseases involving the lower or upper respiratory tract. An infection of this type usually is further...
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    An upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) is an illness caused by an acute infection, which involves the upper respiratory tract, including the nose...
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    The respiratory tract is the subdivision of the respiratory system involved with the process of respiration in mammals. The respiratory tract is lined...
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    human orthopneumovirus, is a contagious virus that causes infections of the respiratory tract. It is a negative-sense, single-stranded RNA virus. Its name...
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    studies. Infections can affect any part of the respiratory system. They are traditionally divided into upper respiratory tract infections and lower respiratory...
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    Human coronavirus NL63 (category Viral respiratory tract infections)
    diseases include mild to moderate upper respiratory tract infections, severe lower respiratory tract infection, croup and bronchiolitis. The virus is found...
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  • Lower respiratory can refer to: Lower respiratory tract infection Lower respiratory tract This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the...
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  • Human bocavirus (category Viral respiratory tract infections)
    disease. HBoV1 is strongly implicated in causing some cases of lower respiratory tract infection, especially in young children, and several of the viruses...
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    Adenovirus infection is a contagious viral disease, caused by adenoviruses, commonly resulting in a respiratory tract infection. Typical symptoms range...
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  • Chest infection may refer to: Upper respiratory tract infection Lower respiratory tract infection Bronchitis Pneumonia Pleurisy Tuberculosis This disambiguation...
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    community, or through use of ventilators. Pneumonia is a type of lower respiratory tract infection, and is also the most deadly communicable disease as of 2016...
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    antihistamines might not treat, including asthma, sinusitis, and lower respiratory tract infection. Consultation of a medical professional is recommended for...
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  • Nirsevimab (category Respiratory syncytial virus)
    season. These studies demonstrated that nirsevimab prevents lower respiratory tract infection caused by RSV requiring medical attention (such as bronchiolitis...
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    disease". Repeated infection throughout the life of the host is not uncommon and symptoms of later breakouts include upper respiratory tract illness, such...
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    causes as multiple organ failure complicated by sepsis, a lower respiratory tract infection, and heart block. He had also been diagnosed with obesity...
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  • Respiratory syncytial virus vaccine is indicated for active immunization for the prevention of lower respiratory tract disease caused by respiratory syncytial...
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    reduce unnecessary antibiotic prescribing to people with lower respiratory tract infections. Currently, procalcitonin assays are widely used in the clinical...
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    Tracheitis (category Acute upper respiratory infections)
    considered part of the lower respiratory tract, in ICD-10 tracheitis is classified under "acute upper respiratory infections". Increasing deep or barking...
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    illness: temperature of >38 °C (100 °F) plus indications of lower respiratory tract infection (cough, dyspnea) Severe illness: ≥1 of radiographic evidence...
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    Respiratory epithelium, or airway epithelium, is a type of ciliated columnar epithelium found lining most of the respiratory tract as respiratory mucosa...
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    includes the three major pathogens of community-acquired lower-respiratory tract infections: Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Moraxella...
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    spondylodiscitis, bacteraemia, and endocarditis, and less frequently lower respiratory tract infections and meningitis. There are four species of Kingella: K. kingae...
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    most known for affecting the upper respiratory tract (sinuses, nose, and throat) and the lower respiratory tract (windpipe and lungs). The lungs are...
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  • intracranial infection.[citation needed] Meningitis due to anaerobic bacteria is infrequent and may follow respiratory tract infection or complicate...
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  • PMID 19664529. Ferwerda A, Moll HA, de Groot R (August 2001). "Respiratory tract infections by Mycoplasma pneumoniae in children: a review of diagnostic...
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    Very common (>10% frequency): Lower respiratory tract infection, including pneumonia Upper respiratory tract infection Rash Anemia Neutropenia Dyspneoa...
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    Bronchiolitis (category Acute lower respiratory infections)
    children under 2 years old. Bronchiolitis is the most frequent lower respiratory tract infection and hospitalization in infants worldwide. Friedman JN, Rieder...
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    Common cold (category Acute upper respiratory infections)
    Breast feeding decreases the risk of acute otitis media and lower respiratory tract infections among other diseases, and it is recommended that breast feeding...
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  • pneumonia's. Those infected show symptoms of lower respiratory tract infections such as increased respiratory rates and increased pulse rates. The type strain...
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