Interactive booklet boosts parents’ RTI confidence
An interactive booklet given to parents in primary care can help them to be more knowledgeable and feel more confident about when and when not to consult a doctor for their child’s respiratory tract infections. (Source: MedWire News - Infectious Diseases)
Source: MedWire News - Infectious Diseases - December 16, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Early lung infection exacerbates asthma risk in preterm birth children
A Swedish study of children admitted to hospital within the first year of life for lung infection has found that the increased risk this poses for later development of asthma is exacerbated by low gestational age. (Source: MedWire News - Infectious Diseases)
Source: MedWire News - Infectious Diseases - December 9, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Vitamin D status optimization could cut pneumonia cases
A large US population-based study confirms that serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels are associated with the risk for community-acquired pneumonia. (Source: MedWire News - Infectious Diseases)
Source: MedWire News - Infectious Diseases - December 2, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Novel urinary antigen test boosts S. pneumoniae CAP detection
Research published in the European Respiratory Journal shows that addition of a serotype-specific urinary antigen detection test to existing diagnostic methods can increase the detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae community-acquired pneumonia by over a third. (Source: MedWire News - Infectious Diseases)
Source: MedWire News - Infectious Diseases - November 27, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Air pollution link to early childhood pneumonia
European research shows that exposure to elevated levels of air pollutants is associated with an increased risk for pneumonia before the age of 3 years, and particularly in the first year of life. (Source: MedWire News - Infectious Diseases)
Source: MedWire News - Infectious Diseases - November 18, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Pneumococcal pneumonia linked to lung cancer risk
Pneumococcal pneumonia is significantly associated with risk for lung cancer, show findings from a national study in Taiwan. (Source: MedWire News - Infectious Diseases)
Source: MedWire News - Infectious Diseases - November 14, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

High pneumonia incidence ups elderly COPD medical costs
Older individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are almost six times more likely to develop pneumonia and eight times more likely to need hospital treatment than those without the disease, US researchers have found. (Source: MedWire News - Infectious Diseases)
Source: MedWire News - Infectious Diseases - November 5, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Sore throat clinical score boosts effective antibiotic use
Research published in the BMJ shows that clinical score is as good a guide for antibiotic prescribing as rapid streptococcal antigen detection tests in patients presenting to primary care with sore throat. (Source: MedWire News - Infectious Diseases)
Source: MedWire News - Infectious Diseases - October 31, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Autoimmune link to schizophrenia
Patients with schizophrenia have an increased risk for developing autoimmune diseases, especially if they contract an infection, shows a registry-based study. (Source: MedWire News - Infectious Diseases)
Source: MedWire News - Infectious Diseases - October 27, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

‘Limit diagnostic investigations’ in children with recurrent CAP
Research shows that pediatric recurrent community-acquired pneumonia in different lung areas is most commonly associated with mild conditions like rhinosinusitis and asthma, and not severe underlying disease. (Source: MedWire News - Infectious Diseases)
Source: MedWire News - Infectious Diseases - October 22, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Drug treatment ineffective for acute bronchitis
A study published in the BMJ indicates that neither oral antibiotics nor nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are more effective than placebo for the treatment of acute bronchitis. (Source: MedWire News - Infectious Diseases)
Source: MedWire News - Infectious Diseases - October 18, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Asthma infection risk ‘goes beyond the airways’
Researchers from the USA have found that asthma may be associated with an increased risk for infections outside of the respiratory tract. (Source: MedWire News - Infectious Diseases)
Source: MedWire News - Infectious Diseases - October 9, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

HIV infection heralds worse outcomes in NSCLC
Infection with HIV is an indicator of poor prognosis in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer, analysis of epidemiologic data indicates. (Source: MedWire News - Infectious Diseases)
Source: MedWire News - Infectious Diseases - October 9, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Hyperglycemia heightens pneumonia risk in pediatric burns patients
Research indicates that hyperglycemia puts pediatric burns patients at increased risk for pneumonia. (Source: MedWire News - Infectious Diseases)
Source: MedWire News - Infectious Diseases - October 7, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

LRTI and CAP incidence underestimated in oldest citizens
Data from the UK indicate that statistics on lower respiratory tract infection and community-acquired pneumonia in the over 65s probably underestimate their burden in the oldest patients. (Source: MedWire News - Infectious Diseases)
Source: MedWire News - Infectious Diseases - September 30, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news