Infectious Disease - Pulm/Thoracic Infections News & Articles

1 Plasma concentrations of efavirenz with a 600 mg standard dose in Cambodian HIV-infected adults treated for tuberculosis with a body weight above 50 kg Antiviral Therapy , May 17, 2013    Clinical Article

2 Diagnosis of tuberculosis infection based on synthetic peptides from Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen 85 complex Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, May 17, 2013    Clinical Article

3 Referrals for recurrent respiratory tract infections including otitis media in young children International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology , May 17, 2013    Clinical Article

4 Deciphering the Growth Behaviour of Mycobacterium africanum Full Text PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, May 17, 2013    Review Article

5 Respiratory syncytial virus infection in children with severe motor and intellectual disabilities European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, May 17, 2013    Clinical Article

6 Audit of the practice of sputum smear examination for patients with suspected pulmonary tuberculosis in Fiji Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, May 17, 2013    Clinical Article

7 Structure-Function Analysis of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus RNA Cap Guanine-N7-Methyltransferase Journal of Virology, May 17, 2013    Review Article

8 Subtherapeutic Linezolid Concentrations in a Patient with Morbid Obesity and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Pneumonia: Case Report and Review of the Literature Annals of Pharmacotherapy, May 17, 2013

9 Lung Microbiota and Bacterial Abundance in Patients with Bronchiectasis when Clinically Stable and during Exacerbation American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, May 17, 2013    Clinical Article

10 Comparison of the Respiratory Microbiome in Healthy Nonsmokers and Smokers American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, May 17, 2013    Clinical Article

11 Widespread Colonization of the Lung by Tropheryma whipplei in HIV Infection American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, May 17, 2013    Clinical Article

12 High-Risk Human Papillomavirus-Positive Lung Cancer: Molecular Evidence for a Pattern of Pulmonary Metastasis Journal of Thoracic Oncology, May 17, 2013    Review Article

13 A role for 16S rRNA dimethyltransferase (ksgA) in intrinsic clarithromycin resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, May 16, 2013    Clinical Article

14 Immigrants do not transmit tuberculosis more than indigenous patients in Catalonia (Spain) Tuberculosis , May 16, 2013    Clinical Article

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

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

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

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

19 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

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