Pulmonology - Pulm/Thoracic Infections News & Articles

1 Management of children exposed to multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis The Lancet Infectious Diseases, May 23, 2012

2 Safety and Immunogenicity of 2009 Pandemic H1N1 Influenza Vaccination in Perinatally HIV-1 Infected Children and Youth The Journal of Infectious Diseases, May 23, 2012    Clinical Article

3 Direct testing of bronchoalveolar lavages from ventilator-associated pneumonia patients Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, May 23, 2012

4 Effect of Mutation and Genetic Background on Drug Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, May 23, 2012

5 Molecular Characterization of Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolated in Nepal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, May 22, 2012

6 Age- and gender-specific effects on NRAMP1 gene polymorphisms and risk of the development of active tuberculosis in Tunisian populations International Journal of Infectious Diseases, May 22, 2012

7 Smoking cessation and the risk of hospitalization for pneumonia Respiratory Medicine, May 22, 2012

8 Cigarette smoke and platelet-activating factor receptor dependent adhesion of Streptococcus pneumoniae to lower airway cells Thorax, May 22, 2012

9 Protective Antibody Responses to Influenza A/H1N1/09 Vaccination in Children With Celiac Disease Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, May 22, 2012

10 Serial interferon-gamma release assays after chemoprophylaxis in a tuberculosis outbreak cohort Infection, May 22, 2012

11 Severe community-acquired pneumonia caused by adenovirus type 11 in immunocompetent adults in Beijing Journal of Clinical Virology, May 22, 2012

12 Effect of azithromycin on systemic markers of inflammation in cystic fibrosis patients uninfected with Pseudomonas aeruginosa Chest, May 21, 2012    Clinical Article

13 National Study of Antibiotic Use in Emergency Department Visits for Pneumonia, 1993 Through 2008 Academic Emergency Medicine, May 21, 2012

14 The role of diabetes on the clinical manifestations of pulmonary tuberculosis Tropical Medicine & International Health, May 21, 2012    Clinical Article

15 In vitro activity of cefditoren and other comparators against Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Moraxella catarrhalis causing community-acquired respiratory tract infections in China Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, May 21, 2012    Clinical Article

16 Predictors and outcome of patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome caused by miliary tuberculosis: a retrospective study in Chongqing, China Full Text BMC Infectious Diseases, May 21, 2012

17 Optimized serodiagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, May 21, 2012

18 Performance of the new WHO diagnostic algorithm for smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV prevalent settings: a multisite study in Uganda Tropical Medicine & International Health, May 21, 2012

19 The SMART-COP score performs well for pneumonia risk stratification in Australias Tropical Northern Territory: a prospective cohort study Tropical Medicine & International Health, May 21, 2012

20 Predictors for length of hospital stay in patients with community-acquired Pneumonia: Results from a Swiss Multicenter study Full Text BMC Pulmonary Medicine, May 21, 2012

Effect of intersubject variability of extrathoracic morphometry, lung airways dimensions and respiratory parameters on particle deposition Journal of Thoracic Disease, 08/05/2011

1 Macrolides vs. quinolones for community-acquired pneumonia: meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials Clinical Microbiology and Infection, April 18, 2012

2 Macrolides vs. quinolones for community-acquired pneumonia: Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials Clinical Microbiology and Infection, March 26, 2012    Evidence Based Medicine

3 Doxycycline vs. macrolides in combination therapy for treatment of community-acquired pneumonia Clinical Microbiology and Infection, April 17, 2012

4 Azithromycin to prevent Pseudomonas aeruginosa ventilator-associated pneumonia by inhibition of quorum sensing: a randomized controlled trial Intensive Care Medicine, April 30, 2012

5 Antibiotic treatment of children with community-acquired pneumonia: Comparison of penicillin or ampicillin versus cefuroxime Pediatric Pulmonology, April 9, 2012

6 Intra-pleural Fibrinolytic Therapy for Treatment of Adult Parapneumonic Effusions and Empyemas: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Chest, April 2, 2012    Evidence Based Medicine

7 Impact of Guideline-Concordant Antibiotics and Macrolide/β-lactam Combinations in 3203 Patients Hospitalized with Pneumonia: Prospective Cohort Study Clinical Microbiology and Infection, March 7, 2012

8 Evaluation of Ceftaroline Activity versus Ceftriaxone against Clinical Isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae with Various Susceptibilities to Cephalosporins in an In Vitro Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Model Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, April 16, 2012

9 Diagnostics for community-acquired and atypical pneumonia Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine, April 6, 2012

10 Therapy of refractory nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, February 29, 2012

11 Adjunct immunotherapies for tuberculosis The Journal of Infectious Diseases, April 3, 2012

12 Novel preventive strategies for ventilator-associated pneumonia Critical Care, April 10, 2012

13 Critical appraisal of ceftaroline in the management of community-acquired bacterial pneumonia and skin infections Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management, March 27, 2012    Free full text

14 What is the role of steroids in pneumonia therapy Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, March 1, 2012

15 New therapies for pneumonia Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine, March 29, 2012

16 Lung capillary blood volume and membrane diffusion in idiopathic interstitial pneumonia Respiratory Medicine, March 8, 2012

17 A Brazilian lineage of Staphylococcus lugdunensis presenting rough colony morphology may adhere to and invade lung epithelial cells Journal of Medical Microbiology, March 15, 2012

18 Safety and Efficacy of a Quinolone-Based Regimen for Treatment of Tuberculosis in Renal Transplant Recipients Transplantation Proceedings, April 13, 2012

19 The future of research and publication on altered h5n1 viruses The Journal of Infectious Diseases, April 2, 2012

20 New respiratory viral infections Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine, April 6, 2012