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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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Sputum Galactomannan Has Utility in the Diagnosis of Chronic Pulmonary Aspergillosis
Journal of Fungi, 2022 Diagnosis of pulmonary aspergillosis (PA), a fungal disease caused by Aspergillus species, is challenging since symptoms are unspecific. The galactomannan (antigen secreted by Aspergillus species) test in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid is a valuable ...
Ali Nuh +3 more
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PLoS ONE, 2017 Background Bronchiectasis is accompanied by chronic bronchial infection that may drive disease progression. However, the evidence base for antibiotic therapy is limited.
M. Cox +11 more
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Antibiotics, 2023 This cross-sectional study investigated the microbial landscape and antibiotic-resistance patterns in patients with bacterial pneumonia, with a focus on the impact of COVID-19.
Nurgul Ablakimova +9 more
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Diagnostic Cytopathology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Clear cell sarcoma of soft tissue (CCSST) with malignant effusion is a rare yet clinically aggressive appearance, which may pose a diagnostic pitfall with its overlapping cytomorphologic features with metastatic melanoma and carcinoma.
William H. Wu +2 more
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Early Detection of Lung Cancer using DNA Promoter Hypermethylation in Plasma and Sputum
Clinical Cancer Research, 2016 Purpose: CT screening can reduce death from lung cancer. We sought to improve the diagnostic accuracy of lung cancer screening using ultrasensitive methods and a lung cancer–specific gene panel to detect DNA methylation in sputum and plasma. Experimental
A. Hulbert +15 more
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Head &Neck, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background The benefit of consolidation programmed cell death protein 1 (PD‐1) blockade after chemoradiotherapy in locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) remains unclear. Methods Patients with stages II–IVB NPC were randomized (2:1) to pembrolizumab 200 mg or placebo every 3 weeks for up to 17 cycles after chemoradiotherapy ...
Sang Hoon Chun +11 more
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Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2018 Purpose: Different respiratory sampling methods exist to identify lower airway pathogens in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), of which bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL), and expectorated sputum are considered the “gold standard.” Because BAL cannot be ...
Hanneke Eyns +8 more
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Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology, 2018 BackgroundThe fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) and blood eosinophils are biomarkers of eosinophilic airway inflammation used in the diagnosis and management of asthma, although induced sputum is the gold standard test for phenotypic asthma ...
Jie Gao, Feng-Qin Wu
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A case report: Diagnosis and treatment of idiopathic hypertrophic pachymeningitis
Ibrain, Volume 11, Issue 1, Page 112-116, Spring 2025.We reported a case of idiopathic hypertrophic dura meningitis diagnosed in our hospital. The patient repeatedly suffered from headaches, followed by blurred vision in the right eye. During this period, multiple sclerosis was considered for diagnosis, and it improved after hormone treatment.
Zhong Luo +7 more
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