Pulmonary infection
Natural history of Mycobacterium fortuitum pulmonary infection presenting with migratory infiltrates: a case report with microbiological analysis
... transient infection, whereas true pulmonary infection occurs in patients with gastroesophageal ...fortuitum pulmonary infection and the natural history of the ...
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Methamphetamine Enhances Cryptococcus neoformans Pulmonary Infection and Dissemination to the Brain
... The release of the cryptococcal polysaccharide capsule is im- portant for adhesion of the yeast and biofilm development in C. neoformans (13). An spot ELISA provided an alternate method to confirm the results obtained in ...
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Mycobacterium malmoense pulmonary infection in France: a case report
... with pulmonary infections in the city of Malmö, Sweden ...malmoense infection cases allowed the recogni- tion of two distinct associated clinical syndromes, namely pediatric isolated lymphadenitis and adult ...
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Chicken Cyclo-oxygenases Response in a Pulmonary Infection Disease
... Cyclo-oxygenase metabolites are released in high amounts locally at the site of inflammation or systemically after infection. Initially it was believed that this was due to an increase in supply of arachidonic ...
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Inhibition of Neutrophil Primary Granule Release during Yersinia pestis Pulmonary Infection
... During primary pneumonic plague, neutrophils remain in close contact with Y. pestis throughout the proinflammatory phase (25). We hypothesized that YopE- and YopH- mediated inhibition of primary granule release promotes ...
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<p>Epidemiology and Mortality-Associated Factors of Invasive Fungal Disease in Elderly Patients: A 20-Year Retrospective Study from Southern China</p>
... Patients with different underlying conditions are likely to be infected by different fungi. Generally, Candida spp. are common, except that in patients with COPD, Aspergillus spp. are more frequently found. Lung ...
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“Pathogen Eradication” and “Emerging Pathogens”: Difficult Definitions in Cystic Fibrosis
... chronic infection with mucoid P. aeruginosa is colonization/infection with a nonmucoid strain (1, ...chronic infection (1, ...chronic infection than those with early recurrence of ...
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Mycobacterium abscessus: Environmental Bacterium Turned Clinical Nightmare
... Mycobacterium abscessus chest wall and pulmonary infection in a cystic fibrosis lung transplant 631. recipient[r] ...
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Management of refractory <em>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</em> infection in cystic fibrosis
... Abstract: Cystic fibrosis (CF) is the most common life-limiting inherited disease in Caucasian populations. The main cause of death in CF patients is respiratory failure resulting from chronic pulmonary ...
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Non ∆F 508 Cystic Fibrosis Diagnosed at Age 50 in an African American Male: A Primary Care Perspective
... Cystic fibrosis is a multisystem disease characterized by chronic pulmonary infection and bronchiectasis, pancreatic exocrine impairment, and elevated sweat chloride. With advances in and availability of ...
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Noninvasive mechanical ventilation may be useful in treating patients who fail weaning from invasive mechanical ventilation: a randomized clinical trial
... new pulmonary infiltrate for longer than 48 hours after the patient was placed on that ven- tilation mode, and one or more of the following findings: puru- lent tracheal secretions, fever, and leukocytosis ...
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From starting mechanical ventilation to ventilator associated pneumonia, choosing the right moment to start antibiotic treatment
... Clinical Pulmonary Infection Score [mCPIS] [13]), together with the reason for ICU admission and for starting mechan- ical ...ventilation. Pulmonary infection was monitored by means of daily ...
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Experimental therapies of Mycobacterium abscessus infections
... Similar synergy was shown in a murine chronic pulmonary infection model.. 147.[r] ...
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Adipose Tissue Regulates Pulmonary Pathology during TB Infection
... of pulmonary infection, with two clinical ...tuberculosis infection alters adipose tissue biology ...tuberculosis infection has remained ...
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Neutrophil Depletion Suppresses Pulmonary Vascular Hyperpermeability and Occurrence of Pulmonary Edema Caused by Hantavirus Infection in C.B-17 SCID Mice
... 4 Pulmonary lesions in the lungs of HTNV-infected SCID mice on day 35 ...D) Pulmonary effusion, macrophages (arrows), and neutrophils (arrowheads) were observed in the ...of pulmonary edema, the left ...
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Fatal Superadded Nocardia Infection in a Case of Pulmonary Aspergillosis
... Genus Nocardia is a constituent of aerobic actinomycetes and includes organisms that are gram positive, acid fast and grow as thin branching filaments that fragment into coccobacillary forms. Acid fastness is due to the ...
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Risk factors and new markers of pulmonary fungal infection
... Positive blood cultures have remained the gold standard for the diagnosis of invasive candidiasis, a condition still associated with high morbidity and mortality [1]. Whether at- tempted treatment is successful depends ...
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Pulmonary fibrosis induced by H5N1 viral infection in mice
... During the restoration period, the clinical signs in most animals resolved gradually on days 9 to 14 p.i., and disap- peared almost completely on days 15 to 30. However, 18% (4 of 22) of H5N1-infected mice survived the ...
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Pulmonary Legionella tucsonensis infection
... Strain 1087-AZ-H was tested with antisera to all previously characterized Legionella species n = 28 and serogroups n = 45.. Antiserum to strain 1087AZ-H was prepared, tested, and absorbe[r] ...
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Use of Bronchoalveolar Lavage To Detect Galactomannan for Diagnosis of Pulmonary Aspergillosis among Nonimmunocompromised Hosts
... of pulmonary aspergillosis is difficult, since the recovery of Aspergillus from respiratory samples cannot differentiate colonization from ...diagnosing pulmonary aspergillosis in 73 nonimmunocompromised ...
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