| acute non-bacterial infections of the respiratory tract in singapore children: an analysis of three years' laboratory findings. | a retrospective study of the laboratory results on respiratory specimens received from children under 12 years of age between january 1977 and december 1979 was carried out. these children were either hospital patients, usually with lower respiratory infections, or outpatients on the influenza surveillance programme. the overall virus isolation rate was 26.8%, and the isolation rate among hospital patients, 38.5%. epidemics or outbreaks were associated with infections due to the influenza viruse ... | 1981 | 6269479 |
| prospective study of the aetiology of adult community acquired bacterial pneumonia needing hospitalisation in singapore. | a prospective survey of 96 consecutive adult patients with community acquired pneumonia requiring hospitalisation was carried out at national university hospital, singapore. causative pathogens were identified in 58% of patients. mycobacterium tuberculosis was the most common pathogen (21%), followed by streptococcus pneumoniae (12%), haemophilus influenzae (5.2%), mycoplasma pneumoniae (5.2%) and staphylococcus aureus (4.2%). gram-negative organisms (apart from haemophilus influenzae) were foun ... | 1993 | 8266206 |
| epidemiology, clinical characteristics and antimicrobial resistance patterns of community-acquired pneumonia in 1702 hospitalized children in singapore. | childhood community-acquired pneumonia (cap) remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. the features of childhood cap vary between countries. the aim of this study was to delineate the clinical characteristics, complications, spectrum of pathogens and patterns of antimicrobial resistance associated with hospitalized cases of childhood cap in singapore. | 2007 | 17298459 |
| mycoplasma pneumoniae and viral infections in childhood asthma. | | 1986 | 3712534 |
| a prospective study of infections with atypical pneumonia organisms in acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis. | the objective of this paper was to study the incidence of 6 atypical pneumonia pathogens or atypical organisms in local patients admitted for acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis. this is a prospective observational study. over a period of 3 years (1995 to 1997), 90 patients admitted to a large general hospital in singapore for acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis were tested for the following infections: legionella, mycoplasma, chlamydia, influenza a, influenza b and parainfluenza virus ... | 1999 | 10561756 |
| aetiology and outcome of severe community-acquired pneumonia in singapore. | the aim of this study was to determine the aetiology and outcome of severe community-acquired pneumonia, and to assess whether the existing guidelines for initial antimicrobial therapy are being applied. the records of 57 consecutive nonimmunocompromised patients admitted to the medical intensive care unit (icu) between january 1989 and may 1993 with this diagnosis were reviewed. the microbiological data, chest radiographic changes and outcome were analysed. nine (16%) of the 57 patients had pul ... | 1998 | 9701424 |
| the changing trend in the pattern of infective etiologies in childhood acute lower respiratory tract infection. | the etiologic agents causing acute lower respiratory tract infection (lrti) in hospitalized children were compared for 1995 and 1988. between may 1994 to april 1995, 397 children were admitted to tan tock seng hospital for acute lrti compared to 240 children in 1988. the following criteria for lrti were used: (i) age less than 12 years with a community-acquired lrti; (ii) presence of cough or fever of less than 2 weeks' duration; and (iii) presence of tachypnea, chest retractions or pulmonary in ... | 1997 | 9241892 |
| mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in adults with acute and chronic urticaria. | | 2015 | 26057513 |
| lower respiratory tract infection in hospitalized children. | the aim of the present study was to investigate the aetiology and antibiotic-resistance patterns of community-acquired lower respiratory tract infection (lrti) in 1999 and compare it with data from 1995 and 1988. | 2003 | 12856747 |