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Addiction, EarlyView.Abstract Background and aims Injecting‐related bacterial infections are increasing in many countries. Systemic infections often require prolonged treatment. Evidence suggests that people who inject drugs who have invasive infections are less likely to complete antimicrobial treatment and have poorer outcomes than patients without a history of injecting
Lucy O. Attwood +7 more
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Mannose-binding lectin genotypes: lack of association with susceptibility to thoracic empyema
BMC Medical Genetics, 2010 Background The role of the innate immune protein mannose-binding lectin (MBL) in host defence against severe respiratory infection remains controversial.
Moore Catrin E +10 more
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Risk of Pleural Empyema in Adult Patients With Asthma: A Nationwide Retrospective Cohort Study
Frontiers in Medicine, 2022 BackgroundRespiratory system infections commonly occur among individuals with asthma. However, whether asthma patients have a higher risk of pleural empyema development remains unclear.MethodsThis is a retrospective cohort study based on data from the ...
Wei-Chih Liao +10 more
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Clinical Otolaryngology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Introduction There is a lack of comprehensive data on complications following sinus surgery (SS) in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP). This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of SS‐related complications in CRSwNP patients and examine patient characteristics, predictors of revision surgery, healthcare use, and ...
Petter Olsson +6 more
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Equine Veterinary Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Background Strangles (Streptococcus equi infection) remains endemic in the UK, with ~300 laboratory diagnoses annually. Sub‐clinically infected long‐term carriers are considered a key driver of endemicity. Analysing genomes of circulating strains could provide valuable transmission insights of this pathogen.
Abigail A. McGlennon +8 more
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Thoracoscopic management of empyema thoracis
Journal of Minimal Access Surgery, 2007 Appropriate management of empyema thoracis is dependent upon a secure diagnosis of the etiology of empyema and the phase of development. Minimal access surgery using video-assisted thoracoscopy (VATS) is one of many useful techniques in treating empyema.
Wait Michael +4 more
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Uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery in the treatment of pleural empyema.
Journal of Thoracic Disease, 2018 Background The efficacy of video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) in the treatment of pleural empyema has recently been proven. Till today, very few works evaluated the role of uniportal-VATS (U-VATS) approach in the treatment of pleural empyema even if ...
M. Ismail +12 more
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Risk Factors for Pneumothorax After Treatment With Endobronchial Valves: A Cohort Study
Respirology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background and Objectives Pneumothorax (PTX) is the most prevalent and serious adverse event associated with endobronchial valve (EBV) treatment in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with emphysema. This study aimed to compare preoperative characteristics and 30‐day outcomes in patients with COPD with and without PTX.
Kirstine Hermann Jørgensen +9 more
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