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Research ArticleOpen accessPhrase in the titleEffect of Essential Oils Versus Home Remedies on Relieving Signs of Acute Respiratory Tract Infection among ChildrenAbeer Abd El-Aziz Mohamed Madian, Mohammad Mahmoud Abd-Alhaseeb, Ebtsam Salah Yonis Mahrous, Rodaina Ahmed MokbelAcute Respiratory Infection (ARI) accounts for more than 94 million cases annually and 1.9 million deaths among children worldwide. ARI is the most common cause of illness and mortality in children under five years old. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of essential oils versus home remedies on relieving signs and symptoms of ARI among children. … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 17, Issue 1 · 27 Feb 2021 · 7,357 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleEvaluation of Acute-phase Reactants, Immunologic Markers and other Clinical and Laboratory Parameters in Patients with Pneumonia and Non-pneumonic Lower Respiratory Tract InfectionsJulio Collazos, María del Mar Martínez, Fernando IzquierdoMore efficacious tools to distinguish pneumonia from other acute lower respiratory tract infections (OALRTI) in facilities where radiologic studies are not easily or rapidly available are desirable to select the patients who should undergo chest radiographs, to avoid unnecessary visits to the emergency wards of hospitals and to optimize health resources. To this end we analyzed the relevance of many … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 3, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2007 · 7,083 accessesView PDF Cite

Case ReportOpen accessIn the abstractLEMIERRE’S SYNDROME –A Rare Fusobacterial ComplicationChandan Kumar, Abhishek, Pal Satyajit Singh Athwal et al.Lemierre’s syndrome is a rare complication following an acute episode of upper respiratory tract infection. Dr. André Lemierre, a French bacteriologist in 1936, who first published 20 cases in lancet out of which only 2 survived. The causative agent is typically Fusobacterium. The number of cases of Lemierre’s syndrome subsequently declined with the introduction of antibiotics (1940) and widespread use … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 14, Issue 3 · 17 Oct 2018 · 8,041 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractComparison of enzyme Immunoassay with Immunofluorescence Assay for the Diagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae Respiratory Tract Infections in ChildrenOsama Mohammed Saed Abdul-WahabMycoplasma pneumoniae is a frequent cause of acute respiratory infections in both children and adults. Currently, diagnosis of M. pneumoniae infection will based principally on serology and the detection of IgM can provide an early and sensitive diagnosis in children. A variety of commercial immunodiagnostic assays, such as Indirect Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent (ELISA) assay and Indirect Immunofluorescence (IFA), are now available … …American Journal of Immunology, Vol. 9, Issue 2 · 21 Jun 2013 · 7,412 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAssociation of Mycoplasma pneumoniae with Respiratory Tract Infections in ChildrenOsama Mohammed Saed Abdul-Wahab, Ahmed Mossa Al-Hakami, Ayed Abdullah Shati et al.Mycoplasma pneumoniae is one of four most common species of organisms that are responsible for most clinically significant infections in humans. It is a frequent cause of acute respiratory infections in both children and adults. The organism can cause pharyngitis, otitis, tracheobronchitis, or community-acquired pneumonia, but patients may also remain totally asymptomatic. Aim of this prospective study for children, was … …American Journal of Immunology, Vol. 9, Issue 1 · 18 Jan 2013 · 7,802 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractPrevalence of Beta-hemolytic Streptococcus Carrier State and its Sensitivity to Different Antibiotics among Guidance - School Children in Kerman-IranFatemeh Nabipour, Mohammadali TayarzadehGroup A β-hemolytic streptococcus is the most frequently isolated pathogen in acute pharyngitis and pharingotonsilits Cases in school - aged children. Resulting in dangerous complications such as rheumatic fever and glomerulonephritis, diagnosis and treatment of the disease would be of great importance. The aim of this study was determination of the frequency of group A β-hemolytic streptococcus carriers in middle … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 1, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2005 · 6,777 accessesView PDF Cite