Diagnosis, Diagnostics,
Immunodiagnosis, Immunodiagnostics:
Balloy V, Sallenave JM, Crestani
B, Dehoux M, Chignard M. Neutrophil DNA contributes to the antielastase
barrier during acute lung inflammation. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2003
Jun;28(6):746-53. Epub 2003 Jan 10.
Biernacki WA, Kharitonov SA,
Barnes PJ. Increased
leukotriene B4 and 8-isoprostane in exhaled breath condensate of patients
with exacerbations of COPD. Thorax. 2003 Apr;58(4):294-8.
Butler JC, Bosshardt SC, Phelan
M, Moroney SM, Tondella ML, Farley MM, Schuchat A, Fields BS. Classical and latent class analysis evaluation of sputum
polymerase chain reaction and urine antigen testing for diagnosis of
pneumococcal pneumonia in adults. J Infect Dis. 2003 May 1;187(9):1416-23.
Epub 2003 Apr 09.
Combes A, Figliolini C, Trouillet
JL, Kassis N, Dombret MC, Wolff M, Gibert C, Chastre J. Factors predicting ventilator-associated pneumonia
recurrence. Crit Care Med. 2003 Apr;31(4):1102-7.
Helweg-Larsen J. S-adenosylmethionine
in plasma to test for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. Lancet. 2003 Apr
12;361(9365):1237.
Hoth JJ, Burch PT, Bullock TK,
Cheadle WG, Richardson JD. Pathogenesis of posttraumatic empyema: the impact
of pneumonia on pleural space infections. Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2003
Spring;4(1):29-35.
Pikus L, Levine MS, Yang YX,
Rubesin SE, Katzka DA, Laufer I, Gefter WB.
Videofluoroscopic studies of swallowing dysfunction and the relative
risk of pneumonia. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2003 Jun;180(6):1613-6.
Sharma R; Guleria R; Pande JN. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: newer
concepts and management strategies. Indian
Journal of Chest Diseases and Allied Sciences 2003 Jan-Mar;
45(1): 31-49.
Skelly M, Hoffman J, Fabbri M,
Holzman RS, Clarkson AB Jr, Merali S. S-adenosylmethionine concentrations in
diagnosis of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. Lancet. 2003 Apr
12;361(9365):1267-8.
Stewart GA, Hoyne GF, Ahmad SA,
Jarman E, Wallace WA, Harrison DJ, Haslett C, Lamb JR, Howie SE.
Expression of the developmental Sonic hedgehog (Shh) signalling
pathway is up-regulated in chronic lung fibrosis and the Shh receptor
patched 1 is present in circulating T lymphocytes. J Pathol. 2003
Apr;199(4):488-95.
Wacogne I, Negrine RJ. Are follow
up chest x ray examinations helpful in the management of children recovering
from pneumonia? Arch Dis Child. 2003 May;88(5):457-8. Review.
Wahl WL, Franklin GA, Brandt MM,
Sturm L, Ahrns KS, Hemmila MR, Arbabi S. Does bronchoalveolar lavage enhance
our ability to treat ventilator-associated pneumonia in a trauma-burn
intensive care unit? J Trauma. 2003 Apr;54(4):633-8; discussion 638-9.
Zampetaki A, Minamino T, Mitsialis SA, Kourembanas S. Effect of heme oxygenase-1 overexpression in two models of lung inflammation. Exp Biol Med (Maywood). 2003 May;228(5):442-6.
Pathogenesis:
Cagli S, Oktar N, Dalbasti T,
Erensoy S, Ozdamar N, Goksel S, Sayiner A, Bilgic A. Failure to detect
Chlamydia pneumoniae DNA in cerebral aneurysmal sac tissue with two
different polymerase chain reaction methods. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry.
2003 Jun;74(6):756-9. Review.
Gao B, Flores SC, Leff JA, Bose
SK, McCord JM. Synthesis and anti-inflammatory activity of a chimeric
recombinant superoxide dismutase: SOD2/3. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol.
2003 Jun;284(6):L917-25. Epub 2003 Jan 10.
Gow A, Ischiropoulos H.
Super-SOD: superoxide dismutase chimera fights off inflammation. Am J
Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2003 Jun;284(6):L915-6.
Kawayama T, Fujiki R, Honda J,
Rikimaru T, Aizawa H. High concentration of (1-->3)-beta-D-glucan in BAL
fluid in patients with acute eosinophilic pneumonia. Chest. 2003
Apr;123(4):1302-7.
Pikus L, Levine MS, Yang YX,
Rubesin SE, Katzka DA, Laufer I, Gefter WB.
Videofluoroscopic studies of swallowing dysfunction and the relative
risk of pneumonia. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2003 Jun;180(6):1613-6.
Ursi D, Ieven M, Noordhoek GT,
Ritzler M, Zandleven H, Altwegg M. An interlaboratory comparison for the
detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in respiratory samples by the polymerase
chain reaction. J Microbiol Methods. 2003 Jun;53(3):289-94.
Zhou H, Cheng X, Jin H.
Identification of amino acids that are critical to the processivity
function of respiratory syncytial virus M2-1 protein. J Virol. 2003
May;77(9):5046-53.
Therapy
Jakobsen H, Sigurdsson VD,
Sigurdardottir S, Schulz D, Jonsdottir I.
Pneumococcal serotype 19F conjugate vaccine induces cross-protective
immunity to serotype 19A in a murine pneumococcal pneumonia model. Infect
Immun. 2003 May;71(5):2956-9.
Merrill JD, Ballard RA. Pulmonary
surfactant for neonatal respiratory disorders. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2003
Apr;15(2):149-54.
Sato N, Tagami H. Severe measles
in a young female patient with chronic, generalized Trichophyton rubrum
infection showing type 2 helper T cell-dominant immunologic reactivity. J Am
Acad Dermatol. 2003 May;48(5 Suppl):S43-6.
Wislez M, Massiani MA, Milleron
B, Souidi A, Carette MF, Antoine M, Cadranel J. Clinical characteristics of
pneumonic-type adenocarcinoma of the lung. Chest. 2003 Jun;123(6):1868-77.
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