Paediatric respiratory infections

Pulmonary infections remain a major cause of infant and child mortality worldwide and are responsible for a substantial burden of morbidity. During the 2015 European Respiratory Society International Congress in Amsterdam, some of the main findings from peer-reviewed articles addressing this topic t...

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Main Author: Mark L. Everard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Respiratory Society 2016-03-01
Series:European Respiratory Review
Online Access:http://err.ersjournals.com/content/25/139/36.full
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Summary:Pulmonary infections remain a major cause of infant and child mortality worldwide and are responsible for a substantial burden of morbidity. During the 2015 European Respiratory Society International Congress in Amsterdam, some of the main findings from peer-reviewed articles addressing this topic that were published in the preceding 12 months were reviewed in a Paediatric Clinical Year in Review session. The following article highlights some of the insights provided by these articles into the complex interactions of the human host with the extensive and dynamic populations of microorganisms that call an individual “home”.
ISSN:0905-9180
1600-0617