Pneumonia (infectious disease)

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Respiratory infection
Risk factors for complicated parapneumonic effusion and empyema on presentation to hospital with community-acquired pneumonia

J D Chalmers, A Singanayagam, M P Murray, C Scally, A Fawzi, and A T Hill
Thorax 2009 64: 592 -597; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2008.105080 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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]  

Interstitial lung disease
Gelsolin expression is necessary for the development of modelled pulmonary inflammation and fibrosis

N Oikonomou, A Thanasopoulou, A Tzouvelekis, V Harokopos, T Paparountas, I Nikitopoulou, W Witke, A Karameris, A Kotanidou, D Bouros, and V Aidinis
Thorax 2009 64: 467 -475; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2008.107946 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Environmental exposure
Association of environmental tobacco smoking exposure with an increased risk of hospital admissions for pneumonia in children under 5 years of age in Vietnam

M Suzuki, V D Thiem, H Yanai, T Matsubayashi, L-M Yoshida, L H Tho, T T Minh, D D Anh, P E Kilgore, and K Ariyoshi
Thorax 2009 64: 484 -489; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2008.106385 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Respiratory infection
Development of a prognostic index for 90-day mortality in patients discharged after admission to hospital for community-acquired pneumonia

A Capelastegui, P P España, J M Quintana, A Bilbao, R Menendez, R Zalacain, and A Torres
Thorax 2009 64: 496 -501; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2008.098814 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [ Web only appendices ]  

Respiratory infection
Impact of weather factors on Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia

D Onozuka, M Hashizume, and A Hagihara
Thorax 2009 64: 507 -511; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2008.111237 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [ Web only appendices ]  

Critical care
Evaluation of the effect of diagnostic methodology on the reported incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia

A Conway Morris, K Kefala, A J Simpson, T S Wilkinson, K Everingham, D Kerslake, S Raby, I F Laurenson, D G Swann, and T S Walsh
Thorax 2009 64: 516 -522; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2008.110239 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [ Web only appendix ]  

Respiratory infection
Healthy but not RSV-infected lung epithelial cells profoundly inhibit T cell activation

H Wang, Z Su, and J Schwarze
Thorax 2009 64: 283 -290; published online before print as 10.1136/thx.2007.094870 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [ web only appendices ]  

Editorials
Azithromycin therapy for neutrophilic airways disease: myth or magic?

Saad F Idris, Edwin R Chilvers, Charles Haworth, Damian McKeon, and Alison M Condliffe
Thorax 2009; 64: 186-189. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]