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Pyopneumothorax Caused by Aspergillus terreus and Haemophilus influenzae: A Case Report.
Cureus
December 2024
Pulmonology/Critical Care, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Wichita, USA.
Empyema, a type of pleural effusion characterized by pus accumulation in the pleural space, is most often caused by bacterial infections, typically as a complication of pneumonia. This case report presents a 70-year-old man with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), rheumatoid arthritis, and chronic bilateral hydropneumothoraces, who developed pyopneumothorax due to dual infections with and . The patient presented with worsening dyspnea, hypoxemia, and respiratory acidosis, requiring hospitalization and chest tube thoracostomy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInfluenza vaccine effectiveness against influenza-associated hospitalizations in children, Hong Kong, November 2023 to June 2024.
Vaccine X
October 2024
WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
We conducted a test negative study from November 2023 to June 2024, enrolling 4,367 children hospitalized with acute respiratory illness in Hong Kong. Among the children who tested negative for influenza virus and SARS-CoV-2, 56.8 % had received influenza vaccination.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEvaluation of vaccine perceptions in Israel's Elderly: A Comparative study of COVID-19 and influenza vaccination attitudes.
Vaccine X
October 2024
Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Tzafon Medical Center, Poriya, Israel, affiliated with Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar Ilan University, Safed, Israel.
Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the attitudes of Israeli elderly population towards COVID-19 and influenza vaccines, and to assess factors contributing to these attitudes.
Methods: Four-hundred and one participants exhibiting symptoms consistent with COVID-19 or influenza were enrolled and filled out a questionnaire. A second questionnaire was filled out for hospitalized patients at discharge.
First insight into eosinophils as a biomarker for the early distinction of COVID-19 from influenza A in outpatients.
Exp Ther Med
March 2025
Department of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan 421001, P.R. China.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and influenza A outbreaks have spread rapidly in China. It is difficult to accurately differentiate these two different respiratory tract infections on the basis of their similar early-stage symptoms and lymphocytopenia. In the present study, the age, sex and white blood cell, neutrophil, lymphocyte, monocyte and eosinophil counts, as well as the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) of 201 outpatients with confirmed COVID-19 and 246 outpatients with influenza A were investigated and compared.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Canadian Sentinel Practitioner Surveillance Network (SPSN) reports interim 2024/25 vaccine effectiveness (VE) against acute respiratory illness due to laboratory-confirmed influenza during a delayed season of predominant A(H1N1)pdm09 and lower A(H3N2) co-circulation. Through mid-January, the risk of outpatient illness due to influenza A is reduced by about half among vaccinated vs unvaccinated individuals. Adjusted VE is 53% (95% CI: 36-65) against A(H1N1)pdm09, comprised of clades 5a.
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