Sentence examples for pneumonia markers from inspiring English sources

The time-course of changes in interstitial pneumonia markers for each group is depicted in Figure  2.

1 Several factors have been identified that are associated with a higher risk of death, including older age, pneumonia, markers of organ dysfunction, positive blood culture, and high quantitative count of B. pseudomallei in blood or urine.

The serum levels of interstitial pneumonia markers, such as lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), Krebs von den Lungen-6 (KL-6), and surfactant protein D (SP-D), were not different between the two groups.

To discover early-onset infection and pneumonia, laboratory markers of systemic inflammation (c-reactive protein/leukocyte count) and radiological findings of pneumonia in chest x-ray were analyzed on day 3. Neurological outcome was assessed at the time of discharge from the ICU according to the Pittsburgh cerebral performance category (CPC) score [ 19].

While the course of bacterially induced acute pneumonia and markers of inflammation were studied in in vivo system in pigs orally supplemented with BAP, the pro- and anti-inflammatory response of lipopolysaccharide-stimulated porcine monocyte-derived macrophages to 24 h- and 48 h-treatmeant by BAP was investigated in in vitro system.

In resource-limited settings where laboratory facilities and radiology are rarely available to help diagnose bacterial pneumonia cases, molecular markers such as Lpc-2 could be developed into a point-of-care diagnostic tool to target cases that require antibiotic treatment.

Penicillin-nonsusceptible S. pneumoniae (PNSP) and macrolide-resistant S. pneumoniae (MRSP) are markers of resistance to antibiotics commonly used as first-line drugs for respiratory tract infections.

While the former finding may indicate that acquisition of pneumonia is a marker of frailty, the latter may indicate that this frailty can be partly offset by use of HAART.

Pre-existing AF is frequent in patients hospitalised with pneumonia and a marker of increased risk of ATE and death, explained by higher patient age and comorbidity.

Our study has some limitations; we studied a selected group of patients (with symptoms and signs of meningitis or pneumonia), we measured the markers at one time point only, and we did not investigate the membrane-bound components of CD163 or TREM-1.

Are CRP and PCT predictive markers of pneumonia etiology?