Biofilm characterisation of Mycoplasma bovis co-cultured with Trueperella pyogenes by Koji Nishi, Satoshi Gondaira, Yuki Hirano, Masahide Ohashi, Ayano Sato, Kazuya Matsuda, Tomohito Iwasaki, Takuya Kanda, Ryoko Uemura, Hidetoshi Higuchi

“…Abstract Mycoplasma pneumonia, caused by Mycoplasma bovis (Mycoplasmopsis bovis; M. bovis), is linked with severe inflammatory reactions in the lungs and can be challenging to treat with antibiotics. …”
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Steroids and/or Cytotoxic Agents Should Be Used Early in the Management of Patients with IPF -- The Pro Argument by Sat Sharma

“…Idiopathic interstitial pneumonias comprise a heterogenous group of acute and chronic respiratory conditions. …”
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Diagnosis of Respiratory Tract Infection and the Use of the Laboratory by Ronald F Grossman

“…Blood cultures should be drawn in patients ill enough to require hospitalization, but the yield is low, Pneumococcal antigen testing and serological studies do not add to the routine management of patients with pneumonia. In patients with nosocomial pneumonia, the diagnosis will be established by a synthesis of clinical, roentgenographic and simple laboratory results such as sputum analysis and blood culture. …”
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Spontaneous Haemothorax in a Patient with COVID-19 by Shalini A. Mohan, Zharif Sufyaan Fadzaily, S. H. Abdullah.Hashim

“…We report a rare case of a 51-year-old man with severe COVID-19 pneumonia who developed haemorrhagic shock secondary to spontaneous haemothorax after 17 days of hospitalisation. …”
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Endobronchial Lipomatous Polyp: A Rare Benign Tumor of the Lung by Salim Surani, Karen Allen, Saherish Surani, Joseph Varon

“…Lipomatous polyp often leads to endobronchial lesion, associated with postobstructive pneumonia, hemoptysis, and atelectasis. We hereby present a case and discussion of an elderly man with endobronchial lipomatous polyp, presenting as recurrent pneumonia.…”
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Legionella pneumophila — The causative agent of Legionnaires’ disease by Loh Teng-Hern Tan, Wei Yu Tee, Tahir Mehmood Khan, Long Chiau Ming, Vengadesh Letchumanan

“…Over the years, Legionella pneumophila has increasingly become a public health threat that causes sporadic and epidemic community-acquired and nosocomial-acquired pneumonia. Thus, this review aims to discuss the current knowledge of L. pneumophila, focusing on the global epidemiology, clinical features, diagnosis and treatment of Legionnaires’ disease (LD). …”
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Pneumothorax in Mechanically Ventilated Patients with COVID-19 Infection by Raziye Ecem Akdogan, Turab Mohammed, Asma Syeda, Nasheena Jiwa, Omar Ibrahim, Rahul Mutneja

“…Data on patient-related factors associated with pneumothorax among critically ill patients with COVID-19 pneumonia is limited. Reports of spontaneous pneumothorax in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) suggest that the COVID-19 infection could itself cause pneumothorax in addition to the ventilator-induced trauma among mechanically ventilated patients. …”
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MOLECULAR TYPING OF METHICILLIN-SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS (MSSA), ISOLATED FROM MONKEYS, BASED ON COAGULASE GENE POLYMORPHISM by V. A. Kalashnikova

“…Staphylococcus aureus is a very dangerous microorganism that causes more than 100 nosological forms of disease in humans and animals, including pneumonia, skin and soft tissue infections, food toxicoinfections, wound abscess, etc. …”
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A Prospective Open-Label Multicentre Trial on the Use of 1 G, Once Daily Ceftriaxone in Lower Respiratory Tract Infections by Donald E Low, Lionel A Mandell

“…Mosl patients (91 %) were diagnosed with community acquired pneumonia without bacteremia. Most of the cases (82%) were defined as modcralc or severe. …”
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Spontaneous Tension Pneumothorax as a Complication of COVID-19 by Muhammad Umar Shahzad, Jennie Han, Mohammad Ishack Ramtoola, Vasileious Lamprou, Urmi Gupta

“…Tension pneumothorax is an uncommon presentation in patients with SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) or COVID-19 pneumonia. We present a case of tension pneumothorax in a patient with COVID-19 pneumonia and myocarditis. …”
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Pasteurella multocida Septicemia in a Patient with Cirrhosis: An Autopsy Report by Takuma Yamamoto, Takahiro Umehara, Takehiko Murase, Kazuya Ikematsu

“…Septic shock with Pasteurella multocida pneumonia was the cause of his death. P. multocida was the source of infection via the respiratory tract and caused pneumonia. …”
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Geriatric Chest Imaging: When and How to Image the Elderly Lung, Age-Related Changes, and Common Pathologies by J. Gossner, R. Nau

“…Pathologies with a special relevance for the elderly patient are discussed in detail: pneumonia, aspiration pneumonia, congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, the problem of overlapping heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pulmonary drug toxicity, incidental pulmonary embolism pulmonary nodules, and thoracic trauma.…”
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Scrub typhus in pregnancy: A 10-year multicenter study in resource-limited settings in China. by Peilin Zhao, Tieyong Dong, Hongbin Lu, Rui Zhu, Shanshan Zhao, Wuqian Tao, Li Li, Chunmei Liu, Shuwei Pu, Ling Mo, Huanhuan Wang

“…A higher proportion of patients with pneumonia (18.7% vs. 9.5%, p = 0.033) and a longer length of hospitalization (7 vs. 6 days, p = 0.007) were seen in laboratory confirmed cases than clinically diagnosed cases. …”
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Herbaspirillum Infection in Humans: A Case Report and Review of Literature by Rashmi Dhital, Anish Paudel, Nidrit Bohra, Ann K. Shin

“…CT chest revealed right upper lobe pneumonia. She was admitted for sepsis secondary to pneumonia and placed on broad spectrum antibiotics with intravenous piperacillin-tazobactam and vancomycin. …”
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Managing Post COVID-19 Patient with Breathlessness by Yen Shen Wong, Muhammad Amin Ibrahim, Mohd Arif Mohd Zim, Mohd Fauzi Abdul Rani

“…Multidisciplinary team discussion concluded it as interstitial pneumonia with COVID-19 OP and fibrosis progression. …”
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Metabolomics in COPD Acute Respiratory Failure Requiring Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation by Spyridon Fortis, Elizabeth R. Lusczek, Craig R. Weinert, Greg J. Beilman

“…We aimed to investigate whether metabolomic analysis can discriminate acute respiratory failure due to COPD exacerbation from respiratory failure due to heart failure and pneumonia. Since COPD exacerbation is often overdiagnosed, we focused on those COPD exacerbations that were severe enough to require noninvasive mechanical ventilation. …”
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Chemo-proteomics reveals dihydrocaffeic acid exhibits anti-inflammation effects via Transaldolase 1 mediated PERK-NF-κB pathway by Guanjun Li, Huiying Li, Peili Wang, Xinzhou Zhang, Wenhua Kuang, Ling Huang, Ying Zhang, Wei Xiao, Qingfeng Du, Huan Tang, Jigang Wang

“…Abstract Background Acute pneumonia is a kind of widespread inflammatory pathological process. …”
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Gastropleural Fistula as a Rare Complication of Gastric Sleeve Surgery: A Case Report and Comprehensive Literature Review by Fahad Alghanim, Ali Alkhaibary, Abdulmohsen Alzakari, Abdullah AlRumaih

“…GPF is an uncommon differential diagnosis to consider in a patient presenting with a picture of pneumonia. As such, GPF should be suspected in a patient with a history of nonresolving pneumonia who recently underwent gastric sleeve surgery. …”
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Exogenous Pulmonary Surfactant as a Vehicle for Antimicrobials: Assessment of Surfactant-Antibacterial Interactions In Vitro by Alexei Birkun

“…Effects of exogenous surfactant on antibacterial activity of antimicrobials against Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa were evaluated using conventional microbiologic procedures. …”
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Influenza Surveillance in an Urban Area by W Paul Glezen

“…Mortality attributed to influenza and pneumonia has increased regularly during the period of intense influenza virus activity, but the peak has lagged two weeks behind the peak of activity defined by the virological surveillance. …”
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