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 3 (2006), Issue 5 (May)

1. A prospective comparison of severity scores for identifying patients with severe community acquired pneumonia: reconsidering what is meant by severe pneumonia.
   Thorax, 61(5): 419-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Therapy with gastric acidity inhibitors increases the risk of acute gastroenteritis and community-acquired pneumonia in children.
   Pediatrics, 117(5): e817-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Pneumonia and empyema caused by penicillin-resistant Neisseria meningitidis: a case report and literature review.
   Pediatrics, 117(5): e1061-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Maternally and naturally acquired antibodies to Mannheimia haemolytica and Pasteurella multocida in beef calves.
   Vet Immunol Immunopathol, 111(3): 301-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Acute Pseudomonas challenge in cystic fibrosis mice causes prolonged nuclear factor-kappa B activation, cytokine secretion, and persistent lung inflammation.
   J Allergy Clin Immunol, 117(5): 1163-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Infections and airway inflammation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease severe exacerbations.
   Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 173(10): 1114-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Postoperative pneumonia after major lung resection.
   Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 173(10): 1161-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Impact of alcohol abuse in the etiology and severity of community-acquired pneumonia.
   Chest, 129(5): 1219-25. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Clinical characteristics and treatment patterns among patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia.
   Chest, 129(5): 1210-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Human metapneumovirus infection induces long-term pulmonary inflammation associated with airway obstruction and hyperresponsiveness in mice.
    J Infect Dis, 193(12): 1634-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Role of granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor during gram-negative lung infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
    Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol, 34(6): 766-74. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Surfactant proteins A and D enhance pulmonary clearance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
    Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol, 34(6): 704-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Regulation of mucin genes in chronic inflammatory airway diseases.
    Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol, 34(6): 661-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Toll-like receptor 2 is required for control of pulmonary infection with Francisella tularensis.
    Infect Immun, 74(6): 3657-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Gamma interferon, tumor necrosis factor alpha, and nitric oxide synthase 2, key elements of cellular immunity, perform critical protective functions during humoral defense against lethal pulmonary Yersinia pestis infection.
    Infect Immun, 74(6): 3381-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Rib fractures: relationship with pneumonia and mortality.
    Crit Care Med, 34(6): 1642-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Local activation of the tissue factor-factor VIIa pathway in patients with pneumonia and the effect of inhibition of this pathway in murine pneumococcal pneumonia.
    Crit Care Med, 34(6): 1725-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. "I really should've gone to the doctor": older adults and family caregivers describe their experiences with community-acquired pneumonia.
    BMC Fam Pract, 7: 30. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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