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Read More... Feb 13, 2019Lower Respiratory Infection
Lower respiratory infection refers to a number of infections and diseases affecting the lower respiratory tract, such as pneumonia, edema, and bronchitis. Infections may be viral, bacterial or parasitic.
Viral lower respiratory infections include influenza, adenovirus, and bronchitis. Pneumonia is one of the most common bacterial lower respiratory infections, hospitalizing around one million people annually in the United States. Symptoms of a lower respiratory infection include fever, coughing, shortness of breath, weakness, and fatigue.
Treatment of lower respiratory infections depends on the cause of the infection. Vaccinations can prevent bronchopneumonia and provide protection against a variety of infections, including adenoviruses, rubella, measles, diphtheria, rubella, and influenza viruses. Drug classes used to treat lower respiratory infections are penicillinase-sensitive penicillin antibiotics, macrolide antibiotics, 1st generation cephalosporin antibiotics, sulfonamide and trimethoprim antibiotic combinations, tetracycline antibiotics, fluoroquinolone antibiotics, anaerobicides, 3rd generation cephalosporin antibiotics, penicillinase-sensitive penicillin antibiotics, and respiratory syncytial virus/RSV drugs.
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