Background Pulmonary microvasculature alterations are implicated in emphysema pathogenesis, but the association between ...

Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada Correspondence to: Dr D E O’Donnell Division of Respiratory and Critical Care ...

1 Department of Pulmonary and Intensive Care Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2 Department of Biostatistics, Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam Correspondence to: ...

A structural and metabolic framework for classifying pre-clinical tuberculosis infection phenotypes using 18F-FDG PET-CT: a prospective cohort analysis following M. tuberculosis exposure ...

1 Clinical Trials Research Unit, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand 2 Liggins Institute, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand 3 Department of Medicine, The University of ...

Rationale There are no population-based studies from sub-Saharan Africa describing longitudinal lung function in adults. Objectives To explore the lung function trajectories and their determinants, ...

1 Department of General Practice, Division of Public Health, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2 Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, ...

Correspondence to Professor Adam T Hill, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland EH16 4SA, UK; adam.hill318{at}nhs.net The new British Thoracic Society ...

1 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Alfred Hospital and Monash University Medical School, Melbourne 3181, Australia 2 Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Alfred Hospital and Monash ...

Background: In adults, viral causes of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) are poorly characterised. The aims of this study were to characterise the viral aetiology of CAP in adults by using an ...

National Mycobacteria Reference Laboratory, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands Mr J van Ingen, National Institute for Public Health and the ...

Lymphoid interstitial pneumonitis (LIP) is a rare clinicopathological entity that may be associated with common variable immune deficiency (CVID) and may lead to respiratory failure and death. Some ...