Long-term oral antibiotic treatment : why, what, when and to whom? [PDF]
, 2017 Antibiotics are typically prescribed as short courses for acute infections, in order to reduce bacterial load, shift the balance in favour of host defences and thus help to overcome infection. Over the past decade, however, interest in the long-term anti-
Van Braeckel, Eva +1 more
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Disseminated Cryptococcus neoformans infection associated to COVID-19
Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2021 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a novel coronavirus associated with immune dysregulation. The use of immunosuppressant drugs as part of COVID-19 treatment (such as Tocilizumab or high -dose corticosteroids) increases the ...
Diana Alegre-González +4 more
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Microarray detection of human parainfluenzavirus 4 infection associated with respiratory failure in an immunocompetent adult. [PDF]
, 2006 A pan-viral DNA microarray, the Virochip (University of California, San Francisco), was used to detect human parainfluenzavirus 4 (HPIV-4) infection in an immunocompetent adult presenting with a life-threatening acute respiratory illness.
Blackburn, Brian G +13 more
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Bronchoalveolar lavage in occupational lung diseases [PDF]
, 2007 Occupational lung diseases (OLDs) are related to the exposure and inhalation of organic, inorganic, and synthetic particles, fumes, gases, or infectious agents. From the long list of OLDs this article focuses the discussion on bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL)
Alfaro, TM +3 more
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Association of Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia in Bilateral Anterior Uveitis
Case Reports in Ophthalmology, 2014 Two female patients with histories of cancer who showed cryptogenic organizing pneumonia (COP) complications and bilateral anterior uveitis with hypopyon were examined.
Kaori Fujimoto +3 more
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Fatal case of cryptogenic organizing pneumonia associated with Everolimus
Annals of Saudi Medicine, 2014 Noninfectious pneumonitis (NIP) has been reported with everolimus; however, the majority of the reported cases were mild to moderate. We report a fatal case of cryptogenic organizing pneumonia (COP) in a 61-year-old man.
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Reversed Halo Sign: Presents in Different Pulmonary Diseases. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 To observe the incidence of reversed halo sign in different pulmonary diseases and the pathological correspondence of reversed halo sign.Retrospectively studied the high resolution computer tomography scans of all the patients who were admitted in our ...
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Association of circulating levels of MMP-8 with mortality from respiratory disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. [PDF]
, 2012 Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are implicated in the destruction of the joint and have been shown to be strongly associated with inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
Dawes, PT, Mattey, DL, Nixon, NB
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Case of cryptogenic organizing pneumonia
Consilium Medicum, 2020 Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia is a diffuse lung disease characterized by excessive proliferation of granulomatous tissue in the small bronchi and alveoli and moderate interstitial inflammation. The diagnosis requires a multidisciplinary approach involving a pulmonologist, a radiologist and, in some cases, a mor-phologist.
Yuliya G. Belotserkovskaya +3 more
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Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia - idiopathic bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia
Acta clinica Croatica, 2004 Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia is a rare pulmonary disease with characteristic clinical, radiologic and histologic features. The radiologic presentation, and ventilatory and respiratory lung functions reflect the presence of intra-alveolar buds of granulation tissue occurring within the alveoli and alveolar ducts but rarely occupying the bronchiolar ...
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