Derek J Sloan,Geraint R Davies,Saye H Khoo
Derek J Sloan
The current treatment regimen against drug susceptible tuberculosis (DS-TB) was defined by the 1980s. Since then the emergence of the global HIV pandemic and the escalation of drug resistant (DR-) forms of TB have presented new challenges f...
Jan H von der Thüsen
Jan H von der Thüsen
Pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis (PPFE) is a distinct pattern of pulmonary fibrosis which often runs a rapidly progressive course with a poor prognosis, and it is likely to be introduced as a separate entity in the new classification scheme...
Kentaro Watanabe
Kentaro Watanabe
Pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis (PPFE) is a rare pulmonary fibrosis that is clinically characterized by upperlobe predominant fibrosis. PPFE is a slowly progressive disorder and its first symptom is dyspnea or dry cough. Chest pain because...
Mark P Nicol,Andrew Whitelaw,Stevens Wendy
Mark P Nicol
Xpert MTB/RIF is an automated real-time polymerase chain reaction test for simultaneous detection of tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance. Xpert MTB/RIF has demonstrated excellent accuracy in clinical evaluation studies, but has reduced s...
Tuomas Jartti,James E Gern
Tuomas Jartti
Rhinovirus is commonly associated with bronchiolitis - only second to RSV during the first year life. The prevalence of HRV-bronchiolitis may be very high in predisposed infants. HRV diagnosis is almost exclusively based on PCR, which detec...
Cough and Asthma [0.03%]
咳嗽与哮喘
Akio Niimi
Akio Niimi
Cough is the most common complaint for which patients seek medical attention. Cough variant asthma (CVA) is a form of asthma, which presents solely with cough. CVA is one of the most common causes of chronic cough. More importantly, 30 to 4...
Targeting lung inflammation: novel therapies for the treatment of COPD [0.03%]
针对肺部炎症的治疗：慢性阻塞性肺疾病的新型疗法
Hongwei Yao,Willem I de Boer,Irfan Rahman
Hongwei Yao
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a global health problem. As understanding of pathology of COPD has increased it has been established that COPD is associated with the progressive pulmonary inflammation and destruction of lung...
Becky A Mercer,Vincent Lemaître,Charles A Powell et al.
Becky A Mercer et al.
Cigarette smoking is the primary cause of the irreversible lung disease emphysema. Historically, inflammatory cells such as macrophages and neutrophils have been studied for their role in emphysema pathology. However, recent studies indicat...
A Pulmonary Perspective on GASPIDs: Granule-Associated Serine Peptidases of Immune Defense [0.03%]
从肺部角度看免疫防御相关的颗粒相关丝氨酸肽酶GASPIDs
George H Caughey
George H Caughey
Airways are protected from pathogens by forces allied with innate and adaptive immunity. Recent investigations establish critical defensive roles for leukocyte and mast cell serine-class peptidases garrisoned in membrane-bound organelles-he...