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 ...

BACKGROUND An obstructive defect is usual in bronchiectasis, but the pathophysiological basis of airflow obstruction remains uncertain. High resolution computed tomographic (CT) scanning now allows ...

2 Pediatric Respiratory and Allergy Units, “Arrixaca” University Children's Hospital, University of Murcia and CIBER of Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERSP), Murcia, Spain 3 Division of Community ...

1 Interstitial Lung Disease Program and Autoimmune Lung Center, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, USA 2 Division of Psychosocial Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, USA 3 ...

Correspondence to: Dr P T G Elkington Department of Infectious Diseases, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN, UK; p.elkington{at}imperial.ac.uk Matrix ...

Scottish Pulmonary Vascular Unit, Level 1 Regional Heart and Lung Centre, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Glasgow, UK Correspondence to A Peacock, Scottish Pulmonary Vascular Unit, Level 1 Regional ...

1 Department of Thoracic Surgery, Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Leeds, UK 2 Department of Clinical Oncology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Leeds, UK 3 Department of Clinical Oncology Calderdale and ...

We have reviewed 22 patients with benign asbestos pleural effusion seen over a 17-year period. The mean duration of exposure to asbestos was 5.5 years and the mean interval between exposure and ...

Cancer Research UK & University College London Cancer Trials Centre, London, UK Background: The combination of cisplatin and etoposide (PE) has been a standard treatment for patients with ...

Respiratory Medicine Division, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Addenbrooke's Hospital, CUHNHSFT and Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK ...

Background Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is an aggressive fatal cancer with no effective treatments. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) migrate and incorporate into tumour stroma making them good ...

1 Clinical and Academic Department of Sleep and Breathing, National Heart and Lung Institute and NIHR Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton Hospital and Imperial College, London, UK 2 Department of ...