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61 Plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D associated with pulmonary function in Canadian adults with excess adiposity American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, May 16, 2013    Clinical Article

62 Haemophilus influenzae Serotype a Invasive Disease, Alaska, USA, 1983-2011 Full Text Emerging Infectious Diseases, May 16, 2013    Review Article

63 Effect of Travel on Influenza Epidemiology Full Text Emerging Infectious Diseases, May 16, 2013    Clinical Guideline

64 The Mtb Proteome Library: A Resource of Assays to Quantify the Complete Proteome of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Cell Host & Microbe, May 16, 2013    Review Article

65 Is a 4-month regimen adequate to cure patients with non-cavitary tuberculosis and negative cultures at 2 months? The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, May 16, 2013    Clinical Article

66 Pulmonary tuberculosis: the day after The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, May 16, 2013    Clinical Article

67 Lymphocyte subpopulations in active tuberculosis: association with disease severity and the QFT-GIT assay The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, May 16, 2013    Clinical Article

68 Successful Treatment of Pulmonary Blastomycosis with Continuously Infused Amphotericin B Deoxycholate After Failure with Liposomal Amphotericin B Annals of Pharmacotherapy, May 16, 2013

69 Public health costs for tuberculosis suspects in Wake County, North Carolina, United States The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, May 15, 2013    Clinical Article

70 Impact of various conditions on the efficacy of dual carbapenem therapy against KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, May 15, 2013    Clinical Article

71 Carriage of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in the Upper Respiratory Tract of Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Children: An Observational Study Full Text PLoS Medicine, May 15, 2013    Clinical Article
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72 Phenotyping adults with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis: A prospective observational cohort study Respiratory Medicine, May 15, 2013    Clinical Article

73 Pulmonary actinomycosis during the first decade of 21st century: cases of 94 patients Full Text BMC Infectious Diseases, May 15, 2013    Review Article    Clinical Article

74 Predictive value of molecular drug resistance testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in Valle del Cauca, Colombia Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 15, 2013    Clinical Article

75 Clustering of tuberculosis cases based on Variable Number of Tandem Repeat typing in relation to the population structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the Netherlands Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 15, 2013    Clinical Article

76 Age, nutritional status and INH acetylator status affect pharmacokinetics of anti-tuberculosis drugs in children The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, May 15, 2013    Clinical Article

77 Smoking in tuberculosis patients increases the risk of infection in their contacts The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, May 15, 2013    Clinical Article

78 Can tuberculous pleural effusions be diagnosed by pleural fluid analysis alone? The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, May 15, 2013    Clinical Article

79 Differential Airway Inflammatory Responses in Asthma Exacerbations Induced by Respiratory Syncytial Virus and Influenza Virus A International Archives of Allergy and Immunology, May 15, 2013    Clinical Article

80 Haemophilus influenzae as an airborne contamination in child day care centers American Journal of Infection Control, May 15, 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