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Nontuberculous mycobacteria isolation from sputum specimens: A retrospective analysis of 1061 cases
International Journal of Mycobacteriology, 2023 Background: In recent years, with the development of laboratory methods, the frequency of nontuberculosis mycobacteria (NTM) infections has increased. The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical significance of therapeutic drug monitoring (
Aylin Babalik +5 more
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Mapping bacterial diversity and metabolic functionality of the human respiratory tract microbiome
Journal of Oral Microbiology, 2022 Background The Human Respiratory Tract (HRT) is colonized by various microbial taxa, known as HRT microbiota, in a manner that is indicative of mutualistic interaction between such microorganisms and their host.Aim To investigate the microbial ...
Leonardo Mancabelli +7 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 Microorganisms proteotyping by tandem mass spectrometry has been recently shown as a powerful methodology to identify the wide-range taxonomy and biomass of microbiota.
Pauline Hardouin +7 more
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Nocardia sputum staining [PDF]
QJM, 2013 An 85-year-old man with a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) visited our hospital with cough and sputum expectoration for the past 3 days. His home had been undergoing remodeling for the past 1 month. His respiration rate was 18 breaths/min; body temperature 37.4°C and SpO2 95% (nasal cannula: 2 l/min). Coarse crackles …
T, Kenzaka, A, Kumabe
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Validation of the Human Ozone Challenge Model as a Tool for Assessing Anti-Inflammatory Drugs in Early Development [PDF]
, 2005 This study aimed to test the utility of the ozone challenge model for profiling novel compounds designed to reduce airway inflammation. The authors used a randomized, doubledummy, double-blind, placebo-controlled 3-period crossover design alternating ...
Gibson, Anthony +9 more
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MISLEADING SPUTUM CARTONS [PDF]
Journal of Clinical Pathology, 1960 Waxed paper sputum cartons obtained from the manufacturers contained very few organisms. Similar cartons which had been stored in hospital wards were often contaminated with hospital dust. This contamination was sometimes sufficiently marked to be misleading. Coliform organisms are particularly liable to cause confusion.
C G, THOMAS, F J, GIBBS
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Empiric treatment of pulmonary TB in the Xpert era: Correspondence of sputum culture, Xpert MTB/RIF, and clinical diagnoses. [PDF]
, 2019 BackgroundClinical tuberculosis diagnosis and empiric treatment have traditionally been common among patients with negative bacteriologic test results. Increasing availability of rapid molecular diagnostic tests, including Xpert MTB/RIF and the new Xpert
Cattamanchi, Adithya +12 more
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Sputum as a source of adipokines in bronchial asthma
Учёные записки Санкт-Петербургского государственного медицинского университета им. Акад. И.П. Павлова, 2014 Forty-four patients with allergic (ABA) and non-allergic (NABA) variants of bronchial asthma (BA) were examined to evaluate levels of key adipokines (leptin, resistin, adiponectin) in sputum in different variants of BA.
V. N. Mineev +3 more
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Airway responses and inflammation in subjects with asthma after four days of repeated high-single-dose allergen challenge [PDF]
, 2012 Background: Both standard and low-dose allergen provocations are an established tool in asthma research to improve our understanding of the pathophysiological mechanism of allergic asthma.
Rose, Markus A. +5 more
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Majalah Kedokteran Bandung, 2011 Tuberculosis (TB) is a problem of public health that causing high morbidity and mortality rates in various countries in the world. The diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in adults can be established based on the discovery of M.
Ni Sayu Dewi B +3 more
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