Personalized Medicine for Chronic Respiratory Infectious Diseases: Tuberculosis, Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Pulmonary Diseases, and Chronic Pulmonary Aspergillosis [PDF]
Chronic respiratory infectious diseases are causing high rates of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Tuberculosis, a major cause of chronic pulmonary infection, is currently responsible for approximately 1.5 million deaths per year. Although important advances in the fight against tuberculosis have been made, the progress towards eradication of this ...
Helmut J F, Salzer +11 more
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Protection and mechanism of action of a novel human respiratory syncytial virus vaccine candidate based on the extracellular domain of small hydrophobic protein [PDF]
Infections with human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV) occur globally in all age groups and can have devastating consequences in young infants. We demonstrate that a vaccine based on the extracellular domain (SHe) of the small hydrophobic (SH) protein ...
Bert Schepens +20 more
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Four patients with a history of acute exacerbations of COPD: implementing the CHEST/Canadian Thoracic Society guidelines for preventing exacerbations [PDF]
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if ...
A Singanayagam +43 more
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Altered fecal microbiome and metabolome in adult patients with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis
Background Emerging experimental and epidemiological evidence highlights a crucial cross-talk between the intestinal flora and the lungs, termed the “gut-lung axis”. However, the function of the gut microbiota in bronchiectasis remains undefined. In this
Wen-Wen Wang +12 more
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Sarcoidosis Presenting as Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. [PDF]
Sarcoidosis is a multisystem granulomatous disease of unknown origin. It typically involves the lungs and mediastinal lymph nodes in a chronic fashion. However, acute syndrome has been reported possibly in response to systemic release of proinflammatory ...
Chan, Vincent +3 more
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Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is characterized by thrombotic obstruction of the pulmonary arteries, and right ventricular (RV) dysfunction is a major cause of death.
Xuefei Zhang MS +9 more
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Comparative analysis of pulmonary and respiratory medicine research in middles east region [PDF]
Pulmonary and respiratory researches play a crucial role for all implementation decisions in the human health The studies were carried out by researchers to treat and prevent breathing disorders for all age groups Therefore this evaluation was performed in respiratory medicine publications of Middle East region We conducted Medline PubMed and ...
Amir Jalali +3 more
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Laryngopharyngeal reflux in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - a multi-centre study
Reflux of gastric content has been associated with recurrent exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We aimed to assess the prevalence of laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) in COPD and if LPR is a contributing factor to clinically ...
Julia Sanchez +8 more
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Background There were relatively few studies about the incidence and risk factors for bloodstream infection (BSI) in patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) supported by veno–venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV–ECMO ...
Liuting Yang +9 more
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Omadacycline, Eravacycline, and Tigecycline Express Anti-Mycobacterium abscessus Activity In Vitro
Mycobacterium abscessus infections are increasing worldwide necessitating the development of new antibiotics and treatment regimens. The utility of third-generation tetracycline antibiotics was reestablished; their anti-M.
Anqi Li +5 more
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