Infectious Disease - Pulm/Thoracic Infections News & Articles

981 Quality of life among people treated for tuberculosis and human immunodeficiency virus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, February 12, 2013    Clinical Article

982 Scedosporium prolificans pericarditis and mycotic aortic aneurysm in a lung transplant recipient receiving voriconazole prophylaxis Transplant Infectious Disease, February 12, 2013

983 Relapse more common than reinfection in recurrent tuberculosis 12years post treatment in urban Uganda The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, February 12, 2013    Clinical Article

984 Point-of-care Xpert MTB/RIF for smear-negative tuberculosis suspects at a primary care clinic in South Africa The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, February 12, 2013    Clinical Article

985 Sugar cane manufacturing is associated with tuberculosis in an indigenous population in Brazil Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, February 12, 2013    Evidence Based Medicine

986 Front-loaded smear microscopy for the diagnosis of pulmonary TB in Tripoli, Libya Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, February 12, 2013    Evidence Based Medicine

987 Strategies for reducing treatment default in drug-resistant tuberculosis: systematic review and meta-analysis The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, February 11, 2013    Evidence Based Medicine

988 No evidence for the effectiveness of systemic corticosteroids in acute pharyngitis, community-acquired pneumonia and acute otitis media European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, February 11, 2013    Clinical Article

989 Prognostic Value of Bronchiectasis in Patients with Moderate-to-Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, February 11, 2013    Clinical Article

990 Advocacy, communication and social mobilisation for tuberculosis control in Pakistan: a qualitative case study The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, February 11, 2013    Clinical Article

991 Diagnostic accuracy of a serotype specific antigen test in community-acquired pneumonia European Respiratory Journal , February 11, 2013    Clinical Article

992 Impact of the human immunodeficiency virus on early multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment outcomes in Botswana The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, February 11, 2013    Clinical Article

993 Correlates of acute lower respiratory tract infections in children under 5 years of age in India The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, February 11, 2013    Clinical Article

994 Utilization of a latent tuberculosis infection referral system by newly resettled refugees in central Ohio The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, February 11, 2013    Clinical Article

995 Human herpes virus co-infection is associated with mortality in HIV-negative patients with Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, February 11, 2013    Evidence Based Medicine

996 Major variations in Aspergillus fumigatus arising within aspergillomas in chronic pulmonary aspergillosis Mycoses, February 11, 2013

997 The first case of pulmonary disease caused by Mycobacterium septicum in China International Journal of Infectious Diseases, February 11, 2013    Review Article

998 A Time-to-Event Pharmacodynamic Model Describing Treatment Response in Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis Using Days to Positivity in Automated Liquid Mycobacterial Culture Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, February 8, 2013    Review Article

999 A single-step polymerase chain reaction for simultaneous detection and differentiation of nontypeable and serotypeable Haemophilus influenzae, Moraxella catarrhalis and Streptococcus pneumoniae International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology , February 8, 2013    Clinical Article

1000 Carbapenem-Sparing Antibiotic Regimens for Infections Caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase-Producing K. pneumoniae in Intensive Care Unit Clinical Infectious Diseases, February 8, 2013    Review Article

1 Influenza A(H7N9): From Anxiety to Preparedness Annals of Internal Medicine, May 29, 2013    Review Article

2 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

3 An abnormal phenotype of lung Vγ9Vδ2 T cells impairs their responsiveness in tuberculosis patients Cellular Immunology, May 29, 2013

4 Trends in Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase-positive K. pneumoniae in US hospitals: report from the 2007-2009 SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, May 9, 2013

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

6 Pulmonary actinomycosis during the first decade of 21st century: cases of 94 patients BMC Infectious Diseases, May 15, 2013    Free full text    Review Article

7 Does low-dose hydrocortisone therapy prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia in trauma patients? American Journal of Therapeutics, May 29, 2013

8 Modeling the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Granuloma - the Critical Battlefield in Host Immunity and Disease Frontiers in Immunology, May 9, 2013    Review Article

9 The utility of galactomannan antigen in the bronchial washing and serum for diagnosing pulmonary aspergillosis Respiratory Medicine, April 30, 2013

10 Focal necrotizing pneumonia is a distinct entity from lung abscess Respirology, May 24, 2013

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

12 Cough Aerosols of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Predict New Infection American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, May 3, 2013

13 Delayed antibiotics for respiratory infections Cochrane Reviews, May 13, 2013    Evidence Based Medicine

14 Monoclonal antibody for reducing the risk of respiratory syncytial virus infection in children Cochrane Reviews, May 3, 2013

15 Phenotypic and genotypic properties of Microbacterium yannicii, a recently described multidrug resistant bacterium isolated from a lung transplanted patient with cystic fibrosis in France BMC Microbiology, May 6, 2013    Free full text

16 H-NS Plays a Role in Expression of Acinetobacter baumannii Virulence Features Infection and Immunity, May 7, 2013    Review Article

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

18 Diagnostic accuracy and effectiveness of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay for the diagnosis of HIV-associated lymph node tuberculosis European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, May 14, 2013

19 Randomized, Double-Blind, Multicenter Phase 2 Study Comparing the Efficacy and Safety of Oral Solithromycin (CEM-101) to Those of Oral Levofloxacin in the Treatment of Patients with Community-Acquired Bacterial Pneumonia Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, May 21, 2013

20 Phenotyping adults with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis: A prospective observational cohort study Respiratory Medicine, May 15, 2013