scholarly journals Follicular Bronchiolitis in a Nigerian Female Child: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Nzechukwu Zimudo Ikeri ◽  
Godwin O. Umerah ◽  
Christopher Emeka Ugwu ◽  
Olugbenga Olusoji ◽  
Adekunle Adeyomoye ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Respiratory Tract ◽  
Lower Respiratory Tract ◽  
Hospital Admissions ◽  
Female Child ◽  
Small Airways ◽  
Follicular Bronchiolitis ◽  
Lower Respiratory Tract Disease ◽  
Syncytial Virus ◽  
Tract Disease ◽  
Tract Infections

Small airways diseases are not uncommon in childhood. They account for about 28.4% of hospital admissions for lower respiratory tract infections in South West Nigeria, most of which are due to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection. Noninfectious causes of small airways diseases, on the other hand, are poorly recognized and rarely feature in the differential diagnoses of chronic/recurrent lower respiratory tract disease in our environment. We present a case of follicular bronchiolitis in a 2.5-year-old Nigerian female who had left upper lobectomy on account of recurrent cough and progressive shortness of breath.

scholarly journals Modelling hospital admissions for lower respiratory tract infections in the elderly in England

2006 ◽  
Vol 134 (6) ◽  
pp. 1150-1157 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. MÜLLER-PEBODY ◽  
N. S. CROWCROFT ◽  
M. C. ZAMBON ◽  
W. J. EDMUNDS
Keyword(s):  
Respiratory Tract ◽  
Elderly Patients ◽  
Lower Respiratory Tract ◽  
Hospital Admissions ◽  
Vaccine Development ◽  
Whooping Cough ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Respiratory Pathogens ◽  
Syncytial Virus ◽  
Tract Infections

Despite the importance of lower respiratory-tract infection (LRI) in causing hospitalizations in elderly patients ([ges ]65 years of age) and recent advances in vaccine development, a complete picture of the causative organisms is not available. All hospital discharge diagnoses (ICD-10 code) for LRI in elderly patients in England during 1995–1998 were reviewed. Using known seasonality in potential causative agents of LRI, the contribution of different respiratory pathogens to hospitalizations coded as ‘unspecified LRI’ was estimated by multiple linear regression analysis. Ninety-seven per cent of 551633 LRI-associated diagnoses had no specific organism recorded. From the statistical model the estimated proportions of admissions attributable to different pathogens were applied to calculate estimated hospitalization rates: 93·9 hospitalizations/10000 population aged [ges ]65 years due to S. pneumoniae, 22·9 to influenza virus, 22·3 to H. influenzae, 17·0 to whooping cough, and 12·8 to respiratory syncytial virus. There is enormous potential to improve health using existing vaccines and those under development.

INFECTION WITH CHLAMYDIA PNEUMONIAE IN INFANTS AND CHILDREN WITH ACUTE LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 98 (2) ◽  
pp. 353-353
Author(s):  
Leon S. Greos
Keyword(s):  
Respiratory Tract ◽  
Lower Respiratory Tract ◽  
Respiratory Tract Infections ◽  
Chlamydia Pneumoniae ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Minor Role ◽  
Lower Respiratory Tract Disease ◽  
Tract Disease ◽  
Tract Infections ◽  
A Minor

Although C pneumoniac infection has recently been demonstrated to play an important role in respiratory tract infections in the adult population, it appears to have a minor role in the etiology of acute lower respiratory tract infection in children.

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