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RESPIRATORY
EMJ Respir. 2017 Suppl 14 • europeanmedical-journal.com
INSIDE
Summary of Selected Presentations
ELAIR3
Mexico City, Mexico, 2017
CONTENTS
A Narrative Summary of Selected Presentations That
Took Place on 11th-12th May 2017, as Part of the Encuentro
Latinoamericano De Infecciones Respiratorias Recurrentes
(ELAIR) Educational Event in Mexico City, Mexico
FACING THE WORLDWIDE THREAT OF ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE....................................... 3
IMMUNOMODULATION: BASIC CONCEPTS AND CLINICAL APPLICATION.................................. 14
UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS IN CHILDREN AND ADULTS: BURDEN AND
MANAGEMENT............................................................................................................................................... 22
WHEEZING AND INFECTION-TRIGGERED ASTHMA EXACERBATION: IS PREVENT
RESPIRATORY EMJ Respir. 2017 Suppl 14 • europeanm
CONTENTS A Narrative Summary of Selecte
FACING THE WORLDWIDE THREAT OF ANTIMICROBIAL RES
to the massive staphylococcal infection. Followin
community-acquired as well as hospital infections
Despite their relatively protected status, carbap
Diseases (ESCMID), and the Clinical and Laborator
However, the existence of 93 S. pneumoniae
pneumococcal infection, caused by strains wi
available today. The emergence of the ESBL-
The patient appeared hydrated with no peripheral
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IMMUNOMODULATION: BASIC CONCEPTS AND
in mammalian species approximately 200 million ye
the co-ordinated movement of cilia facilitate the
a slower memory T cell response, which protects a
in HIV-infected patients. Antimicrobial resistanc
BACTERIAL IMMUNOMODULATORS: MODE OF ACTION Bacte
migration to the airway mucosa where they continu
CONCLUSION
UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS IN CHILDREN
CRS affects approximately 11% of the population t
rate of ≥3 episodes per year has been proposed. B
Furthermore, 19% of all child deaths from
of immunomodulators may all improve RRT
infectious process. In a randomised double-blind
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WHEEZING AND INFECTION-TRIGGERED ASTHMA EXACERBA
asthma prevalence and precipitating facto
Perhaps the three principal predisposing factors,
denudation also occur. Though still important, th
Prospective interventional data on palivizuma
The recommended stepwise approach to treatment in
Data from 2005 suggest asthma control in Latin Am
hyper-responsiveness, alongside increased r
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8 6 4 Number of upper RTI 2 0 8 6 *γ
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