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The role of airway infection in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
PhDThis. thesis examines the role of respiratory bacterial and viral infection in the natural history of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. The rationale for this study is basedu pon previous data demonstratingt hat airway bacterial colonisationi s
Wilkinson, Thomas Michael Alan
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Mycobacterium szulgai Pulmonary Infection in an Immunocompromised Patient [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
Mycobacterium szulgai is a slow-growing nontuberculous mycobacterium (NTM). It was first described in 1972 and is responsible for less than 0.2% of all NTM infections. The most common presentation resembles pulmonary tuberculosis, but it may also present
Horta, Ana   +3 more
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Lung adenocarcinoma originates from retrovirus infection of proliferating type 2 pneumocytes during pulmonary post-natal development or tissue repair [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus (JSRV) is a unique oncogenic virus with distinctive biological properties. JSRV is the only virus causing a naturally occurring lung cancer (ovine pulmonary adenocarcinoma, OPA) and possessing a major structural protein that ...
Palmarini, M.   +31 more
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Recurrence of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis after adjunctive surgery for aspergilloma: a case report with long-term follow-up

open access: yesBMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2018
Background Coexistence of aspergilloma and allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) has rarely been reported. Although the treatment for ABPA includes administration of corticosteroids and antifungal agents, little is known about the treatment for ...
Kohei Horiuchi   +3 more
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miRNA signatures in sera of patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Several studies showed that assessing levels of specific circulating microRNAs (miRNAs) is a non-invasive, rapid, and accurate method for diagnosing diseases or detecting alterations in physiological conditions.
Matteelli A.   +89 more
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2301 Mucoidal pseudomonas aeruginosa infection is associated with regional inflammation in the cystic fibrosis lung

open access: yesJournal of Clinical and Translational Science, 2018
OBJECTIVES/SPECIFIC AIMS: Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a life-shortening genetic disease that affects approximately 30,000 patients in the United States.
Sankalp Malhotra   +2 more
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How soon after infection with HIV does the risk of tuberculosis start to increase? A retrospective cohort study in South African gold miners [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
BACKGROUND: Infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) increases the risk of tuberculosis (TB), but no study has assessed how this risk changes with time since HIV seroconversion. METHODS: The incidence of pulmonary TB was estimated in miners with
Godfrey-Faussett, P   +11 more
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Circulating Protein Biomarkers in Systemic Sclerosis Related Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: A Review of Published Data

open access: yesFrontiers in Medicine, 2018
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) develops in 7–12% of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) and is associated with a 3 year survival of 52%. Early detection by screening is therefore recommended for all patients with SSc.
Peter M. Hickey   +3 more
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The beta2 integrin CD11c distinguishes a subset of cytotoxic pulmonary T cells with potent antiviral effects in vitro and in vivo [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Background The integrin CD11c is known as a marker for dendritic cells and has recently been described on T cells following lymphotropic choriomeningitis virus infection, a systemic infection affecting a multitude of organs.
Nina Peters   +27 more
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Mixed Infection with Beijing and Non-Beijing Strains in Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Taiwan: Prevalence, Risk Factors and Dominant Strain

open access: yes, 2011
Clin Microbiol Infect ABSTRACT: Patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) can be simultaneously infected with different strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (mixed infection). We investigated the prevalence and risk factors of mixed infection by Beijing
王振源;許翰琳;余明治;江振源;余忠仁;李麗娜;楊泮池   +1 more
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