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Chronic pneumonia with Pseudomonas aeruginosa and impaired
alveolar fluid clearance
Sophie Boyer
1
, Karine Faure
1
, Florence Ader
1
, Marie Odile Husson
2
,
Eric Kipnis
1
, Thierry Prangere
3
, ... purposes)
of fluid movements following active ion transport by
functional alveolar cells, and permeability of the alveolar
capillary barrier. In P. aerug...
... monocytes using anti-
BTK antibody [5] and was confirmed by the sequencing
analysis of the patient’s BTK gene.
Materials and methods
Flow cytometric analysis of BTK expression in
peripheral monocytes
Flow ... monocytes
Flow cytometric analysis of cytoplasmic BTK protein in
peripheral monocytes has been described previously
[5,6]. Briefly, mononuclear cells were surface stained with
phyc...
... diaphrag-
matic hernias repair. Mesh patches are widely used.
Polytetrafluoroethylene (Gore-Tex), polyethyl ene ter-
ephthalate (Dacron) and polypropylene are the most
common materials used in prosthetic ... visceral
strangulation and its complications. Surgical repair
remains the only curative treatment for diaphragmatic
hernias because such he rnias are invariably associated
with stra...
... diaphrag-
matic hernias repair. Mesh patches are widely used.
Polytetrafluoroethylene (Gore-Tex), polyethyl ene ter-
ephthalate (Dacron) and polypropylene are the most
common materials used in prosthetic ... had
inconstant symptoms including shortness of breath and
dyspnea. His medical history included right-sided rib
fractures in a motor vehicle crash seven years
previously.
On physical...
... not
only supported by animal models [10] but has also been
implicated in the COPD phenotype with low body mass
index [7]. Cytokine production by macrophages is
enhanced by hypoxia in vitro [22] and ... 2003,
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betes: close association with insul...
... dietary guidelines could be
proposed for the primary and secondary prevention of asthma and COPD that are in line with existing
dietary guidelines for the prevention of coronary heart disease and ... Dietary magnesium, lung
function, wheezing, and airway hyperreactivity in a random
adult population sample. Lancet 1994, 344:357-362.
23. Soutar A, Seaton A, Brown K: Bronchial reactivi...
... the
efficacy of APC as a therapy for patients with ALI. American/
European consensus criteria for ALI were used to identify
suitable patients, and those with severe sepsis and an Acute
Physiology and ... Thirty-four
patients with P. aeruginosa VAP underwent noninvasive BAL
at the onset of VAP and on day 8 after initiation of antibiotic
therapy. Analysis for type III cytotoxins...
... distress syndrome caused by pulmonary
and extrapulmonary disease. Different syndromes? Am J
Respir Crit Care Med 1998, 158:3-11.
Key messages
• EELV is markedly reduced in critically ill patients.
• ... mechanically venti-
lated patients with either non-acute respiratory failure or with a
primary or secondary lung disorder. The results were com-
pared with reference predicted FRC valu...
... associated with gentamycin (3 mg/kg) at the time
of induction of anesthesia, followed by amoxicillin-clavulanic
acid (1 g–200 mg every every hours) and gentamycin (3 mg/
kg/day) during five days. For ... g) with gentamycin 3 mg/kg at
induction, and piperacillin-tazobactam (4 g every six hours)
associated with gentamycin (3 mg/kg daily) for five days. If a
patient was allergic, we us...
... eukaryotes and prokaryotes and the growing
number of adenylyl and guanylyl cyclases identified in
bacteria [36] are consistent with the involvement of
bacterial cyclases in the response of P. aeruginosa ... treated
with cyclic nucleotides, the greater cytotoxicity of the
LPS appeared to be associated with a decrease in
expression of the strongly charged or very hydropho-
bic form...