respiratory infections
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Research problems linked to this topic
- Infections of the respiratory tract are perhaps the most common human ailments.
- Pneumonia is one manifestation of acute Q fever following infection with Coxiella burnetii.
- Chronic lung infection caused by bacterial biofilms is an extremely serious clinical problem, which can lead to the failure of antibiotic therapy.
- Septic pneumonias resulting from bacterial infections of the lung are a leading cause of human death worldwide.
- Mycoplasma pneumoniae is thought to be the simplest and smallest cell wall-deficient bacterium which can cause chronic respiratory infections.
- general, respiratory infections are benign and self-limiting, but occasionally they can cause severe symptoms and become a major cause of mortality and morbidity, especially in the more vulnerable population groups.
- Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a nosocomial infection in patients who have received mechanical ventilation (MV), either by endotracheal intubation or tracheostomy, for more than 48 hours.