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BMC Pulm Med
January 2025
Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Lishui Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Affiliated to Zhejiang University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, No. 800 Zhongshan Road, Liandu District, Lishui, Zhejiang, 323000, China.
Background: Legionella pneumophila is an uncommon pathogen causing community-acquired atypical pneumonia. Acinetobacter baumannii is a major pathogen responsible for hospital-acquired pneumonia, but it rarely causes serious infections in a community setting. Without prompt and appropriate treatments, infection from either of these two pathogens can cause a high mortality rate.
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January 2025
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, Japan.
Objective Community-acquired pneumonia is an acute infectious disease with potentialy life-threatening consequences. Because invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) requires the attention of many medical staff, early risk prediction at the time of admission is expected to lead to a predictable course of patient care and the appropriate allocation of medical resources. There are a limited number of reports on predictive factors for IMV, such as SMART-COP.
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December 2024
US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Cincinnati, OH 45268, USA.
Hot water systems are the most frequent environment associated with the prevalence and growth of opportunistic premise plumbing pathogens (OPPPs). Previous studies identified water heaters as a source of waterborne diseases and concluded that design variables may contribute to their prevalence. A multifaceted approach was used to investigate the vertical stratification of the microbiome and selected OPPPs in an electric water heater tank connected to a home plumbing system simulator.
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November 2024
Department of Clinical Infectious Diseases, Tokoname City Hospital, Tokoname, JPN.
This report presents a patient with pneumonia (LP), initially presented with fever and mild hypoxemia, with subsequent progression to severe pneumonia during hospitalization. Despite multiple negative urinary antigen tests using Ribotest , the diagnosis was confirmed via the loop-mediated isothermal amplification method of lower respiratory tract secretions. This case highlights the diagnostic limitations of Ribotest and emphasizes the importance of a comprehensive diagnostic strategy, incorporating nucleic acid amplification tests or culture in suspected patients with LP.
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December 2024
Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Centre Hospitalier de Valenciennes, Valenciennes, F-59300, France.
In June 2022, a 73-year-old man with a history of laryngeal and esophageal carcinoma was admitted to the emergency unit with sudden fever, confusion, and general condition deterioration. Initial assessments showed a fever of 38.5 °C, elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) at 209 mg/L, and a neutrophil count of 10.
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