BACKGROUND There is good evidence of reduced prescribing of antibiotics in recent years, but the reason for this has not been established. AIM To study the incidence of respiratory tract infections presenting to general practitioners (GPs) in England and Wales in relation to the incidence of other infections and to the prescription of antibiotics. SETTING Sentinel practices in England and W...

 Lower respiratory tract infections (e.g., bronchitis, pneumonia)  Upper respiratory tract infections (e.g., pharyngitis, sinusitis)  Skin and soft tissue infections (e.g., folliculitis, cellulitis, erysipelas)  Disseminated or localized mycobacterial infections due to Mycobacterium avium or Mycobacterium intracellulare. Localized infections due to Mycobacterium chelonae,Mycobacterium fortu...

=Lower respiratory tract infections (e.g., bronchitis, pneumonia) Upper respiratory tract infections (e.g., pharyngitis, sinusitis) =Skin and soft tissue infections (e.g., folliculitis, cellulitis, erysipelas) Disseminated or localized mycobacterial infections due to Mycobacterium avium or Mycobacterium intracellulare. Localized infections due to Mycobacterium chelonae,Mycobacterium fortuitum, ...

CONTEXT Respiratory tract infections are prevalent in elderly individuals, resulting in increased morbidity, mortality, and use of health care services. Vitamin E supplementation has been shown to improve immune response in elderly persons. However, the clinical importance of these findings has not been determined. OBJECTIVE To determine the effect of 1 year of vitamin E supplementation on re...

background: lower respiratory tract infections are among important causes of morbidity and mortality for all age groups. the emergence of multidrug resistant gram-negative bacilli is an issue of increasing concern. materials and methods: a retrospective study including respiratory specimens (sputum and bal) was conducted in our tertiary care centre. samples were processed for microscopy, cultur...

results among the 158 children evaluated in this study, 49 individuals (31.1%) had rsv infection while nine individuals (5.7%) had hmpv infection. five (55.5%) of the hmpv-infected children were male while four (44.5%) were female and 27 (55.2%) of the rsv-infected patients were females and 22 (44.8%) were males. the rsv infections were detected in mainly < one year old children and hmpv infect...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate retrospectively the relationship between meteorological factors in Shenmu County, Yulin City, Shaanxi Province, China and the incidence of lower respiratory tract infections in children. METHODS Meteorological data (air temperature, atmospheric pressure, rainfall, hours of sunlight, wind speed and relative humidity) for Shenmu County and medical data from hospitalized pa...

Respiratory tract infections (RTI) are one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality, in Nepal, because of the climate, living conditions and economic status of the people. This study was done to find out the pattern of respiratory tract infections in adults and pattern of antibiotics (AB) prescribed in them and to explore the most economical treatment of patients without compromising the ...