Pneumonia Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Pneumonia, including details on symptoms, viral, bacterial, treatment, causes, walking pneumonia.

Volume 2 (2005), Issue 7 (July)

1. Antibody responses to nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae in adults: a longitudinal household study.
   J Infect Dis, 192(3): 387-93. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Effect of ventilation strategy and surfactant on inflammation in experimental pneumonia.
   Eur Respir J, 26(1): 112-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Early gastrostomy reduces the rate of ventilator-associated pneumonia in stroke or head injury patients.
   Eur Respir J, 26(1): 106-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Principles of antibiotic treatment of community-acquired pneumonia in the outpatient setting.
   Am J Med, 118: 21S-28S. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Diagnostic value of C reactive protein in infections of the lower respiratory tract: systematic review.
   BMJ, 331(7507): 26. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Moxifloxacin monotherapy compared to amoxicillin-clavulanate plus roxithromycin for nonsevere community-acquired pneumonia in adults with risk factors.
   Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis, 24(6): 367-76. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Community-acquired pneumonia of mixed etiology: prevalence, clinical characteristics, and outcome.
   Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis, 24(6): 377-83. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Surfactant protein A is a principal and oxidation-sensitive microbial permeabilizing factor in the alveolar lining fluid.
   J Biol Chem, 280(27): 25913-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Serum concentrations of GM-CSF and G-CSF correlate with the Th1/Th2 cytokine response in cystic fibrosis patients with chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infection.
   APMIS, 113(6): 400-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. CD8+ T cell contributions to allergen induced pulmonary inflammation and airway hyperreactivity.
    Eur J Immunol, 35(7): 2061-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Molecular evidence that nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus plays a role in respiratory tract infections of critically ill patients.
    J Clin Microbiol, 43(7): 3491-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Quantitative PCR assay using sputum samples for rapid diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia in adult emergency department patients.
    J Clin Microbiol, 43(7): 3221-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Interleukin-1beta is prominent in the early pulmonary inflammatory response after hepatic injury.
    Surgery, 138(1): 64-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Effect of Mycoplasma pneumoniae lysate on interleukin-8 gene expression in human respiratory epithelial cells.
    Chest, 128(1): 322-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Comparison of levofloxacin and cefotaxime combined with ofloxacin for ICU patients with community-acquired pneumonia who do not require vasopressors.
    Chest, 128(1): 172-83. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Low sensitivity of a nested polymerase chain reaction in oropharyngeal washings for the diagnosis of pneumocystis pneumonia in HIV-infected patients.
    Chest, 128(1): 167-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Scavenger receptor class A type I/II (CD204) null mice fail to develop fibrosis following silica exposure.
    Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol, 289(2): L186-95. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Toll-like receptor 4 antagonist (E5564) prevents the chronic airway response to inhaled lipopolysaccharide.
    Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol, 289(2): L329-37. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Role of CXCR2 in cigarette smoke-induced lung inflammation.
    Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol, 289(2): L322-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. E. coli virulence factor hemolysin induces neutrophil apoptosis and necrosis/lysis in vitro and necrosis/lysis and lung injury in a rat pneumonia model.
    Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol, 289(2): L207-16. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. The rapid sequence induction revisited: obesity and sleep apnea syndrome.
    Anesthesiol Clin North America, 23(3): 551-64, viii. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. The diversity of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae within and between herds using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis.
    Vet Microbiol, 109(1): 29-36. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Pneumonia in hospitalized children.
    Pediatr Clin North Am, 52(4): 1059-81, viii. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Accumulation of CXCR3-expressing eosinophils and increased concentration of its ligands (IP10 and Mig) in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of patients with chronic eosinophilic pneumonia.
    Int Arch Allergy Immunol, 137(3): 229-35. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Fatal sepsis and necrotizing pneumonia in a child due to community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: case report and literature review.
    Scand J Infect Dis, 37(6): 504-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Mycophenolate mofetil may protect against Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in renal transplanted patients.
    Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo, 47(3): 143-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Amorphous silica particles promote inflammatory gene expression through the redox sensitive transcription factor, AP-1, in alveolar epithelial cells.
    Exp Lung Res, 31(6): 581-97. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Lung inflammation induced by endotoxin is enhanced in rats depleted of alveolar macrophages with aerosolized clodronate.
    Exp Lung Res, 31(6): 527-46. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Elevated expression of TARC (CCL17) and MDC (CCL22) in models of cigarette smoke-induced pulmonary inflammation.
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 334(1): 254-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Effects of mechanical ventilation at low lung volume on respiratory mechanics and nitric oxide exhalation in normal rabbits.
    J Appl Physiol, 99(2): 433-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. The effect of cyclosporin A on airway cell proinflammatory signaling and pneumonia.
    Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol, 33(2): 138-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Unanticipated full stomach at anesthesia induction in a type I diabetic patient with asymptomatic gastroparesis.
    J Anesth, 19(3): 247-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Primary brain tumors treated with steroids and radiotherapy: low CD4 counts and risk of infection.
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 62(5): 1423-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. An evaluation of the Cobra Perilaryngeal Airway: study halted after two cases of pulmonary aspiration.
    Anaesthesia, 60(8): 791-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Neurovirulence of H7N7 influenza A virus: brain stem encephalitis accompanied with aspiration pneumonia in mice.
    Arch Virol, 150(8): 1653-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Care in U.S. hospitals--the Hospital Quality Alliance program.
    N Engl J Med, 353(3): 265-74. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Quality of care in U.S. hospitals as reflected by standardized measures, 2002-2004.
    N Engl J Med, 353(3): 255-64. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Modulation of the lung inflammatory response to serotype 8 pneumococcal infection by a human immunoglobulin m monoclonal antibody to serotype 8 capsular polysaccharide.
    Infect Immun, 73(8): 4530-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. The nitrogen mustard melphalan activates mitogen-activated phosphorylated kinases (MAPK), nuclear factor-kappaB and inflammatory response in lung epithelial cells.
    J Appl Toxicol, 25(4): 328-37. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Pneumocystis: not just pneumonia.
    Curr Opin Microbiol, 8(4): 393-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Molecular characterization of the first telithromycin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae isolate in Germany.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 49(8): 3520-2. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Efficacy of cefepime and imipenem in experimental murine pneumonia caused by porin-deficient Klebsiella pneumoniae producing CMY-2 beta-Lactamase.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 49(8): 3311-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Real-time fluorescence polymerase chain reaction (PCR) identification of Streptococcus pneumoniae from pleural fluid and tissue.
    Scand J Infect Dis, 37(5): 391-2. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Immunohistochemical detection of parainfluenza type 3 virus antigens in paraffin sections of pneumonic caprine lungs.
    J Vet Med A Physiol Pathol Clin Med, 52(6): 268-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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