Infectious Disease - Pulm/Thoracic Infections News & Articles

441 Enhanced Communication Skills and C-reactive Protein Point-of-Care Testing for Respiratory Tract Infection: 3.5-year Follow-up of a Cluster Randomized Trial Full Text Annals of Family Medicine, March 29, 2013    Clinical Article

442 Multicenter Evaluation of Genechip for detection of Multidrug Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 29, 2013    Clinical Article

443 IL-22 Is Essential for Lung Epithelial Repair following Influenza Infection American Journal of Pathology, March 29, 2013    Clinical Article

444 Outbreak of NDM-1-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a Neonatal Unit in Colombia Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, March 29, 2013    Review Article

445 An Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience to Improve Pertussis Immunization Rates in Mothers of Newborns Full Text American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, March 29, 2013    Review Article

446 Drug-resistant tuberculosis in two children in Greece: Report of the first extensively drug-resistant case European Journal of Pediatrics, March 29, 2013

447 Increased mortality associated with treated active tuberculosis in HIV-infected adults in Tanzania Tuberculosis , March 28, 2013    Clinical Article

448 Clinical Effects of Gemifloxacin on the Delay of Tuberculosis Treatment Full Text Journal of Korean Medical Science, March 28, 2013

449 New fluoroquinolones active against fluoroquinolones-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains Tuberculosis , March 28, 2013    Clinical Article

450 Combined Administration of MF59®-Adjuvanted A/H5N1 Pre-Pandemic and Seasonal Influenza Vaccines: Long-Term Antibody Persistence and Robust Booster Responses One Year After a One-Dose Priming Schedule Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, March 28, 2013    Clinical Article

451 Granulocyte transfusions in hematologic malignancy patients with invasive pulmonary aspergillosis: outcomes and complications Annals of Oncology, March 28, 2013    Review Article    Clinical Article

452 Role of long term antibiotics in chronic respiratory diseases Respiratory Medicine, March 28, 2013    Review Article

453 Molecular Characterization of Achromobacter Isolates from Cystic Fibrosis and Non-Cystic Fibrosis Patients in Madrid Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 28, 2013    Review Article

454 Altered T-bet Dominance in IFN-{gamma}-Decoupled CD4+ T Cells with Attenuated Cytokine Storm and Preserved Memory in Influenza The Journal of Immunology, March 28, 2013    Review Article

455 The destructive combination of Scediosporium apiosperum lung disease and exuberant inflammation in cystic fibrosis Paediatric Respiratory Reviews, March 28, 2013

456 Respiratory infections in HIV-infected adults: epidemiology, clinical features, diagnosis and treatment Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine, March 27, 2013    Review Article

457 Lower artemether, dihydroartemisinin and lumefantrine concentrations during rifampicin-based tuberculosis treatment AIDS, March 27, 2013    Clinical Article

458 Effect of Azithromycin Maintenance Treatment on Infectious Exacerbations Among Patients With Non–Cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis: The BAT Randomized Controlled Trial JAMA, March 27, 2013    Evidence Based Medicine    Clinical Article

459 High mobility group box 1 prolongs inflammation and worsens disease in pneumococcal meningitis Brain, March 27, 2013    Review Article

460 Respiratory tract infections during the annual Hajj: potential risks and mitigation strategies Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine, March 27, 2013    Review Article

1 Efficacy of high doses of oral penicillin versus amoxicillin in the treatment of adults with non-severe pneumonia attended in the community: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial BMC Family Practice, April 18, 2013    Free full text

2 Community-acquired pneumonia Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine, March 29, 2013    Review Article

3 Current management of patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia across Europe: outcomes from REACH Respiratory Research, April 16, 2013    Free full text    Review Article

4 Characteristics of inspiratory and expiratory reactance in interstitial lung disease Respiratory Medicine, April 15, 2013

5 Guideline-Concordant Antimicrobial Therapy for Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Lung, April 11, 2013    Evidence Based Medicine    Review Article    Clinical Guideline

6 Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) an IgE mediated disease Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, May 12, 2011    Free full text

7 Increased Risk of Herpes Zoster in Children with Asthma: A Population-Based Case-Control Study The Journal of Pediatrics, April 17, 2013    Review Article

8 Streamlining antibiotic therapy with procalcitonin protocols: consensus and controversies Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine, April 25, 2013    Review Article

9 Treatment and outcome of nine cases of KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae meningitis Journal of Infection, April 18, 2013

10 Emergence of Klebsiella pneumoniae co-producing NDM-type and OXA-181 carbapenemases Clinical Microbiology and Infection, April 17, 2013    Review Article

11 The elderly immune response to pneumococcal polysaccharides 14 and 23F consists predominantly of switched memory B cells The Journal of Infectious Diseases, April 3, 2013    Review Article

12 Cost-effectiveness of rifampin for 4 months and isoniazid for 9 months in the treatment of tuberculosis infection European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, April 11, 2013

13 Treatment of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae: the state of the art Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy, March 14, 2013

14 Clinical measures of disease in adult non-CF bronchiectasis correlate with airway microbiota composition Thorax, April 23, 2013

15 Screening for latent tuberculosis in Norwegian health care workers: high frequency of discordant tuberculin skin test positive and interferon-gamma release assay negative results BMC Public Health, April 17, 2013    Free full text    Review Article

16 Microbiology and prognostic factors of hospital- and community-acquired aspiration pneumonia in respiratory intensive care unit American Journal of Infection Control, April 2, 2013

17 Microbiological Diagnosis and Antibiotic Therapy in Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia and Acute COPD Exacerbation in Daily Clinical Practice: Comparison to Current Guidelines Lung, April 11, 2013    Clinical Guideline

18 Time to first antibiotic dose for patients hospitalised with community-acquired pneumonia International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, April 19, 2013

19 Risks and Benefits Associated With Antibiotic Use for Acute Respiratory Infections: A Cohort Study Annals of Family Medicine, March 22, 2013    Free full text

20 The geographic diversity of nontuberculous mycobacteria isolated from pulmonary samples: A NTM-NET collaborative study European Respiratory Journal , April 22, 2013