Drugs: infectious diseases

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(Cost)-effectiveness of self-treatment of exacerbations on the severity of exacerbations in patients with COPD: the COPE II study

T Effing, H Kerstjens, P van der Valk, G Zielhuis, and J van der Palen
Thorax 2009 64: 956 -962; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2008.112243 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

BTS guidelines
BTS guidelines for the management of community acquired pneumonia in adults: update 2009

W S Lim, S V Baudouin, R C George, A T Hill, C Jamieson, I Le Jeune, J T Macfarlane, R C Read, H J Roberts, M L Levy, M Wani, M A Woodhead, and Pneumonia Guidelines Committee of the BTS Standards of Care Committee
Thorax 2009; 64: iii1-55iii. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tuberculosis
Quantitative lung T cell responses aid the rapid diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis

K Dheda, R N van Zyl-Smit, R Meldau, S Meldau, G Symons, H Khalfey, N Govender, V Rosu, L A Sechi, A Maredza, P Semple, A Whitelaw, H Wainwright, M Badri, R Dawson, E D Bateman, and A Zumla
Thorax 2009 64: 847 -853; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2009.116376 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [ Web only appendix ]  

Respiratory infection
Pulmonary infection in Wegener granulomatosis and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

A G Richter, R A Stockley, L Harper, and D R Thickett
Thorax 2009 64: 692 -697; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2008.110445 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [ Web only appendix ]  

Pulmonary puzzle
ANSWER

Thorax 2009; 64: 697. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorials
Biomarkers and community-acquired pneumonia

Jeremy S Brown
Thorax 2009; 64: 556-558. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

COPD
Influenza but not pneumococcal vaccination protects against all-cause mortality in patients with COPD

S Schembri, S Morant, J H Winter, and T M MacDonald
Thorax 2009 64: 567 -572; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2008.106286 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [ Web only appendix ]  

Respiratory infection
Validation and clinical implications of the IDSA/ATS minor criteria for severe community-acquired pneumonia

J Phua, K C See, Y H Chan, L S Widjaja, N W Aung, W J Ngerng, and T K Lim
Thorax 2009 64: 598 -603; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2009.113795 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorials
Unintended consequences in the drive for zero

Michael Klompas
Thorax 2009; 64: 463-465. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Respiratory infection
Clinical relevance of non-tuberculous mycobacteria isolated in the Nijmegen-Arnhem region, The Netherlands

J van Ingen, S A Bendien, W C M de Lange, W Hoefsloot, P N R Dekhuijzen, M J Boeree, and D van Soolingen
Thorax 2009 64: 502 -506; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2008.110957 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]