Objectives The purpose of this study was to examine the expectations of patients attending an urban primary care out-of-hours (OOH) facility with acute upper respiratory tract infection (acute URTI) ...

Our prior work showed that viral infection is a much stronger driver of nasal mucosal CXCL10 than common upper respiratory bacteria, ruling out one important potential confounder. 20 We also ...

Common viral respiratory infections such as COVID-19, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and influenza are linked to an ...

Objectives To investigate if use of antibiotics was associated with bacterial complications following upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs). Design Ecological time-trend analysis and a ...

Nirsevimab offers consistent and sustained protection against hospitalisation due to RSV-associated lower respiratory tract infection for at least 6 months. This finding provides global health systems ...

MPV tends to hit hardest in young children, older adults and people with weakened immune systems. A virologist explains.

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the most common single cause of respiratory hospitalisation of infants and is the second largest cause of lower respiratory infection mortality worldwide. In ...

1 Introduction. Respiratory infections (RIs), a broad term including both upper RIs (e.g., common colds, pharyngitis, and sinusitis) and lower RIs (e.g., pneumonia and bronchitis), are a significant ...

A baby's makeup of gut bacteria—their microbiome—which starts to form as soon as they are born, could help protect against viral infections later in childhood, a new study suggests.

Cite this: Clinical Spectrum of Acute Otitis Media Complicating Upper Respiratory Tract Viral Infection - Medscape - Feb 01, 2011. Abstract and Introduction Methods ...