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961 Comparison of Clinical Features and Outcomes of Hospitalized Adult Patients With Novel Influenza A (H1N1) Pneumonia and Other Pneumonia Academic Emergency Medicine, January 14, 2013 Clinical Article
962 Treatment Outcomes for Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis and HIV Co-infection Full Text Emerging Infectious Diseases, January 14, 2013 Clinical Article
963 Vaccination against tuberculosis: How can we better BCG? Microbial Pathogenesis, January 14, 2013 Review Article
964 Influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccines for infants: Safety, immunogenicity, and efficacy Microbial Pathogenesis, January 14, 2013 Review Article
965 Incidence of tuberculosis infection among healthcare workers: Risk factors and 20-year evolution Respiratory Medicine, January 14, 2013 Clinical Article
966 Endogenous reactivation followed by exogenous re-infection with drug resistant strains, a new challenge for tuberculosis control in Saudi Arabia Tuberculosis , January 14, 2013 Clinical Article
967 Multiplex protein profiling of bronchoalveolar lavage in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and hypersensitivity pneumonitis Full Text Annals of Thoracic Medicine, January 14, 2013 Clinical Article
968 Diagnosis and management of miliary tuberculosis: current state and future perspectives Full Text Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management, January 14, 2013 Clinical Article
969 Development of a Clinically Comprehensive Database and Simple Procedure for the Identification of Molds from Solid Media by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 14, 2013 Review Article
970 Identification of an atypical zinc metalloproteinase, ZmpC, from an epidemic conjunctivitis-causing strain of Streptococcus pneumoniae Microbial Pathogenesis, January 14, 2013 Review Article
971 Effectiveness of active case-finding strategies in tuberculosis control in Kampala, Uganda The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, January 14, 2013 Clinical Article
972 Risk Perceptions for Avian Influenza Virus Infection among Poultry Workers, China Full Text Emerging Infectious Diseases, January 14, 2013 Review Article
973 The case of drug causation of childhood asthma: antibiotics and paracetamol European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, January 11, 2013 Clinical Article
974 Interferon Gamma Release Assays in the Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis Infection Among Immunocompromised Adults American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, January 11, 2013 Clinical Article
975 Pentraxin-3: A novel biomarker for discriminating parapneumonic from other exudative effusions Respirology, January 11, 2013 Clinical Article
976 Negative effect of smoking on the performance of the QuantiFERON TB gold in tube test Full Text BMC Infectious Diseases, January 11, 2013 Clinical Article
977 Pulmonary manifestations of anti-ARS antibody positive interstitial pneumonia ? With or without PM/DM Respiratory Medicine, January 11, 2013 Clinical Article
978 Induction and Regulation of T Cell Immunity by the Novel TB Vaccine M72/AS01 in South African Adults American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, January 11, 2013 Review Article
979 Tuberculous retropharyngeal abscess presenting with symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, January 11, 2013 Clinical Article
980 Bronchial ulceration as a prognostic indicator for varicella pneumonia: Case report and systematic literature review Journal of Clinical Virology, January 11, 2013
Using a murine mouse model of pneumonia, prolonged simvastatin therapy has a measureable effect on Streptococcus pneumoniae infection, but no effect on mortality. Mice were treated with simvastatin (1 mg/kg/d [low dose] or 10 mg/kg/d [high dose]) for 4 weeks, then infected with S. pneumoniae intrathecally. Mice treated with the high-dose regimen had less lung consolidation, decreased macrophage and neutrophil infiltration, decreased MCP-1, KC, and ICAM-1 production, and decreased bacterial titers in the blood 36 and 42 h post-infection. Despite these favorable physiologic effects, there was no effect on mortality compared to control mice treated with ampicillin 48 h post-infection.
Read the article summaryAs published in the European Journal of Internal Medicine, there were no mortalities in patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and low levels of D-dimer (< 500 ug/l). Of 147 patients in the study, D-dimer levels were elevated in those with severe CAP (2166 vs. 1630 ug/l), day 30-clinical failure (2228 vs. 1594 ug/l), early failure (2499 vs. 1669 ug/l), and non-survivors (3025 vs. 1680 ug/l). Importantly, D-dimer levels were not shown to be associated with clinical outcome based on multivariate analysis.
Read the article summaryAs published in the Journal of Infection, 114 of 981 (11.6%) of patients with pneumococcal pneumonia were bacteremic. Risk factors for bacteremia included immunosuppressants, age < 65 years, and diabetes mellitus. Patients with pneumococcal pneumonia and bacteria were at increased risk for mortality (28.6% vs. 8.5%). The combination of bacteremia, cerebrovascular disease, and septic shock had a strong association with mortality in patients with pneumococcal pneumonia.
Read the article summary1 Evidence-Based Review of the Management of Hepatic Hydrothorax Respiration, April 4, 2013 Review Article
2 Adjunctive therapies and immunomodulatory agents in the management of severe influenza Antiviral Research , April 12, 2013
3 Linezolid versus vancomycin or teicoplanin for nosocomial pneumonia: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, April 10, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine
4 Effectiveness of treatment with high-frequency chest wall oscillation in patients with bronchiectasis BMC Pulmonary Medicine, April 5, 2013 Free full text
5 Prognostic value of plasma N-terminal pro B-type natriuretic peptide levels in pneumonia patients requiring intensive care unit admission Respirology, April 22, 2013
6 Prevention of Tuberculosis in Older Adults in the United States: Obstacles and Opportunities Clinical Infectious Diseases, April 9, 2013 Review Article
7 The Impact of Brief Corticosteroids on the Clinical Course of Primary Pulmonary Coccidioidomycosis Journal of Infection, April 9, 2013
8 Immunoglobulin G4-related lung disease: clinicoradiological and pathological features Respirology, November 14, 2012
9 Cytomegalovirus Pneumonia in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Recipients Journal of Intensive Care Medicine, February 8, 2013 Review Article
10 Waning Immunity to Pertussis Following 5 Doses of DTaP Pediatrics, April 3, 2013
11 Sweeper's lung disease: a cross-sectional study of an overlooked illness among sweepers of Pakistan International Journal of COPD, April 18, 2013 Free full text
12 β2-Agonist Therapy in Lung Disease American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, April 26, 2013 Review Article
13 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
14 Effect of gastric versus post-pyloric feeding on the incidence of pneumonia in critically ill patients: Observations from traditional and Bayesian random-effects meta-analysis Clinical Nutrition, February 6, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine
15 Statins and the risk of interstitial lung disease: a cohort study Thorax, January 22, 2013
16 Factors associated with community-acquired pneumonia in hospitalised children and adolescents aged 6 months to 13 years old European Journal of Pediatrics, April 2, 2013 Review Article
17 Clinical outcomes of Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia in intensive care unit patients Intensive Care Medicine, February 6, 2013
18 Amyloid-associated cystic lung disease in primary Sjogrens syndrome Respiratory Medicine, February 13, 2013
19 Incidence of pneumococcal infections among children under 15 years in southern Catalonia throughout the heptavalent conjugate vaccine era, 2002-2009 Infection, April 3, 2013
20 First Case of Pulmonary Disease Caused by a Strain of Mycobacterium avium Complex of Presumed Veterinary Origin in an Adult Human Patient Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 8, 2013
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