Respiratory Tract Infections

"Respiratory Tract Infections" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Invasion of the host RESPIRATORY SYSTEM by microorganisms, usually leading to pathological processes or diseases.

Descriptor ID	D012141
MeSH Number(s)	C01.539.739 C08.730
Concept/Terms	Respiratory Tract Infections Respiratory Tract Infections Infection, Respiratory Tract Respiratory Tract Infection Respiratory Infections Infections, Respiratory Infections, Respiratory Tract Upper Respiratory Tract Infections Upper Respiratory Tract Infections Infections, Upper Respiratory Tract Upper Respiratory Infections Infections, Upper Respiratory Respiratory Infection, Upper

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Respiratory Tract Infections".

Diseases [C]
Bacterial Infections and Mycoses [C01]
Infection [C01.539]
Respiratory Tract Infections [C01.539.739]
Respiratory Tract Diseases [C08]
Respiratory Tract Infections [C08.730]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Respiratory Tract Infections".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Respiratory Tract Infections".

Respiratory Tract Infections
Empyema, Pleural
Whooping Cough

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Bar chart showing 39 publications over 21 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2007 and 2012 and 2020

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1992	1	0	1
1995	0	1	1
1996	2	0	2
1998	1	0	1
1999	2	0	2
2000	1	1	2
2002	0	1	1
2003	0	1	1
2004	1	1	2
2006	1	0	1
2007	2	2	4
2008	1	0	1
2009	1	0	1
2010	2	1	3
2012	3	1	4
2013	1	1	2
2015	1	0	1
2016	1	0	1
2018	2	1	3
2019	1	0	1
2020	4	0	4

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Ofman G, Pradarelli B, Caballero MT, Bianchi A, Grimaldi LA, Sancilio A, Duenas K, Rodriguez A, Ferrero F, Ferretti A, Coviello S, Ferolla FM, Acosta PL, Bergel E, Libster R, Polack FP. Respiratory Failure and Death in Vulnerable Premature Children With Lower Respiratory Tract Illness. J Infect Dis. 2020 09 01; 222(7):1129-1137.

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Bernatchez JA, McCall LI. Insights gained into respiratory infection pathogenesis using lung tissue metabolomics. PLoS Pathog. 2020 07; 16(7):e1008662.

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Swarthout J, Ram PK, Arnold CD, Dentz HN, Arnold BF, Kalungu S, Lin A, Njenga SM, Stewart CP, Colford JM, Null C, Pickering AJ. Effects of Individual and Combined Water, Sanitation, Handwashing, and Nutritional Interventions on Child Respiratory Infections in Rural Kenya: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020 06; 102(6):1286-1295.

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Barffour MA, Hinnouho GM, Wessells KR, Kounnavong S, Ratsavong K, Sitthideth D, Bounheuang B, Sengnam K, Chanhthavong B, Arnold CD, Brown KH, Larson CP, Hess SY. Effects of therapeutic zinc supplementation for diarrhea and two preventive zinc supplementation regimens on the incidence and duration of diarrhea and acute respiratory tract infections in rural Laotian children: A randomized controlled trial. J Glob Health. 2020 Jun; 10(1):010424.

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Ullah MB, Mridha MK, Arnold CD, Matias SL, Khan MSA, Siddiqui Z, Hossain M, Paul RR, Dewey KG. Factors associated with diarrhea and acute respiratory infection in children under two years of age in rural Bangladesh. BMC Pediatr. 2019 10 27; 19(1):386.

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McNulty MC, Shibib DR, Steinbeck JL, Mullane K, Pisano J, Matushek S, Beavis KG, Tesic V, Pitrak D. Misdiagnosis of Bordetella bronchiseptica Respiratory Infection as Bordetella pertussis by Multiplex Molecular Assay. Clin Infect Dis. 2018 11 28; 67(12):1919-1921.

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Sammons JS, Graf EH, Townsend S, Hoegg CL, Smathers SA, Coffin SE, Williams K, Mitchell SL, Nawab U, Munson D, Quinn G, Binenbaum G. Outbreak of Adenovirus in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: Critical Importance of Equipment Cleaning During Inpatient Ophthalmologic Examinations. Ophthalmology. 2019 01; 126(1):137-143.

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Booth JL, Duggan ES, Patel VI, Wu W, Burian DM, Hutchings DC, White VL, Coggeshall KM, Dozmorov MG, Metcalf JP. Gene expression profiling of primary human type I alveolar epithelial cells exposed to Bacillus anthracis spores reveals induction of neutrophil and monocyte chemokines. Microb Pathog. 2018 Aug; 121:9-21.

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Khan MS, Przebinda AS, Claros-Sorto J, Porter A. Pseudomembranous Tracheobronchitis: A Rare Presentation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection. J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol. 2016 Oct; 23(4):319-322.

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Shibib DR, Matushek SM, Beavis KG, Gawel SH, Charnot-Katsikas A. BioFire FilmArray Respiratory Panel for Detection of Enterovirus D68. J Clin Microbiol. 2016 Feb; 54(2):457-9.

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