Respiratory Contagion

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. The Stress Reaction: A Historical Perspective

   • Oren Rom, Abraham Z. Reznick

   Pages 1-4

3. The Environmental Domain of Quality of Life in Patients with Chronic Respiratory Diseases

   • Donata Kurpas, Katarzyna Szwamel, Bożena Mroczek

   Pages 5-16

4. Incidence and Clinical Course of Respiratory Viral Coinfections in Children Aged 0–59 Months

   • A. Nitsch-Osuch, E. Kuchar, A. Topczewska-Cabanek, K. Wardyn, K. Życińska, L. Brydak

   Pages 17-23

5. Antibiotic Prescription Practices Among Children with Influenza

   • A. Nitsch-Osuch, E. Gyrczuk, A. Wardyn, K. Życinska, L. Brydak

   Pages 25-31

6. Antigenic Drift of A/H3N2/Virus and Circulation of Influenza-Like Viruses During the 2014/2015 Influenza Season in Poland

   • K. Bednarska, E. Hallmann-Szelińska, K. Kondratiuk, L. B. Brydak

   Pages 33-38

7. Growing Antibiotic Resistance in Fatal Cases of Staphylococcal Pneumonia in the Elderly

   • Josef Yayan, Kurt Rasche

   Pages 39-56

8. Polymorphism of FCGR2A, FCGR2C, and FCGR3B Genes in the Pathogenesis of Sarcoidosis

   • M. Typiak, K. Rębała, M. Dudziak, J. M. Słomiński, A. Dubaniewicz

   Pages 57-68

9. Chronic Cough as a Female Gender Issue

   • N. Kavalcikova-Bogdanova, T. Buday, J. Plevkova, W. J. Song

   Pages 69-78

10. Treatment Options for Central Sleep Apnea: Comparison of Ventilator, Oxygen, and Drug Therapies

    • Josef Yayan, Kurt Rasche

    Pages 79-86

11. The Guinea Pig Sensitized by House Dust Mite: A Model of Experimental Cough Studies

    • T. Buday, S. Gavliakova, J. Mokry, I. Medvedova, N. Kavalcikova-Bogdanova, J. Plevkova

    Pages 87-95

12. Back Matter

    Pages 97-98

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The book focuses on the contagion nature of respiratory ailments, the ways a pulmonary disease is spread. Respiratory infections are surrounded by interrelated circumstances that act upon individual and community and eventually underlie morbidity. Patient’s age, vulnerability to infections, immune function and responses, comorbidities, but also medical care and the agility in coping with stress, are just a few basic determinants of a diseased state. Modern medication, like newfangled antibiotics and their unrestrained use, may not guarantee the best solution to patient’s condition. A valuable asset of this book is a blend of personal experience and expertise of contributors in pursuit of finding new solutions to old clinical problems. The book will be of interest to clinicians, researchers, health care providers, and other health care professionals, particularly those dealing with contagious diseases.

• Respiratory Infections
• Antibiotic Resistance
• Stress Reaction
• Influenza
• Cough

• Public Higher Medical Professional Schoo , Opole, Poland

  Mieczyslaw Pokorski

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