HIV/AIDS

Citations 1-10 of 79 total displayed.

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
Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in the UK: 1995 to 2007

I Abubakar, J Moore, F Drobniewski, M Kruijshaar, T Brown, M Yates, C Anderson, E G Smith, J Magee, M Lipman, J McMenamin, M Ruddy, and J M Watson
Thorax 2009 64: 512 -515; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2008.108712 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Acute lung injury
Low tidal volume ventilation is associated with reduced mortality in HIV-infected patients with acute lung injury

J L Davis, A Morris, R H Kallet, K Powell, A S Chi, M Bensley, J M Luce, and L Huang
Thorax 2008 63: 988 -993; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2008.095786 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Respiratory infection
Placebo found equivalent to amoxicillin for treatment of acute bronchitis in Nairobi, Kenya: a triple blind, randomised, equivalence trial

V N Nduba, C W Mwachari, A S Magaret, D R Park, A Kigo, T M Hooton, and C R Cohen
Thorax 2008 63: 999 -1005; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2008.097311 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review
HIV associated pulmonary emphysema: a review of the literature and inquiry into its mechanism

I Petrache, K Diab, K S Knox, H L Twigg, III, R S Stephens, S Flores, and R M Tuder
Thorax 2008; 63: 463-469. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tuberculosis
The clinical impact of nucleic acid amplification tests on the diagnosis and management of tuberculosis in a British hospital

M Taegtmeyer, N J Beeching, J Scott, K Seddon, S Jamieson, S B Squire, H C Mwandumba, A R O Miller, P D O Davies, and C M Parry
Thorax 2008 63: 317 -321; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2007.083816 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Respiratory infection
Pneumocystis colonisation is common among hospitalised HIV infected patients with non-Pneumocystis pneumonia

J L Davis, D A Welsh, C B Beard, J L Jones, G G Lawrence, M R Fox, K Crothers, A Morris, D Charbonnet, A Swartzman, and L Huang
Thorax 2008 63: 329 -334; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2007.088104 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Respiratory infection
Development and evaluation of a real-time PCR assay for detection of Pneumocystis jirovecii DNA in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of HIV-infected patients

J F Huggett, M S Taylor, G Kocjan, H E Evans, S Morris-Jones, V Gant, T Novak, A M Costello, A Zumla, and R F Miller
Thorax 2008 63: 154 -159; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2007.081687 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tuberculosis
Clinical application of a rapid lung-orientated immunoassay in individuals with possible tuberculosis

R A M Breen, S M Barry, C J Smith, R J Shorten, J P Dilworth, I Cropley, T D McHugh, S H Gillespie, G Janossy, and M C I Lipman
Thorax 2008 63: 67 -71; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2007.078857 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Intensive care
Survival of HIV-infected patients in the intensive care unit in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy

S J Dickson, S Batson, A J Copas, S G Edwards, M Singer, and R F Miller
Thorax 2007 62: 964 -968; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2006.072256 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]