W. Boersma (Alkmaar, The Netherlands), M. Lerikou (Athens, Greece), M. Vendrell Relat (Girona, Spain), E. Monso (Sabadell, Spain)
Nontypeable haemophilus influenzae leads to activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome – A possible trigger of chronic bronchial inflammation in COPD J. Rotta detto Loria, K. Rohmann, D. Drömann, J. Rupp, T. Goldmann, K. Dalhoff (Borstel, Germany)
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The role of galactomannan in exhaled breath condensate in detecting pulmonary aspergillosis in patients with exacerbated COPD C. Folisi, L. Trovato, R. Campisi, S. Oliveri, G. Di Maria (Catania, Italy)
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Clinical features of patients with pneumococcal urinary antigen positivity, in a cohort of hospitalised community acquired pneumonia C. Rodrigo, T. Bewick, S. Greenwood, W.S. Lim (Nottingham, United Kingdom)
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Effect of Cryptococcus neoformans on the immune system of immunocompetent patients J. Wang, Y. Luo, X. Wei, Y. Zai, S. Li (Guangzhou, China)
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Exhaled breath biomarkers in patients with ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) U. Grigat, P. Trefz, P. Fucs, J. Schubert, W. Miekisch (Rostock, Germany)
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Copeptin predicts early clinical deterioration and persistent instability in community-acquired pneumonia M. Kolditz, M. Halank, B. Schulte-Hubbert, S. Bergmann, S. Albrecht, G. Höffken (Dresden, Germany)
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Correlation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis [not]-specific and non-specific quantitative T cell IFN-γ responses with mycobacillary load in a HIV-prevalent high burden setting G. Theron, J. Peter, L. Lenders, R. van-Zyl Smit, R. Meldua, U. Govender, K. Dheda (Cape Town, South Africa)
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LL-37 is produced intrapleurally in infectious pleural effusion C.A. Amado, J. Villuela, M. García-Unzueta, J.J. Ruiz-Cubillan, A. Daly, B. Abascal, D. Ferrer, F. Santos, D. Iturbe, R. Agüero (Santander, Spain)
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Usefulness of procalcitonin as a diagnostic marker of pleural effusion M. Yousif, R. El-Helbawy, A. Darwish, H. Fathy, N. El-Helbawy (Shebin El-Kom, Egypt)
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa exacerbations in COPD patients I. Rault, V. Jounieaux, C. Andrejak (Amiens, France)
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Prognostic factors for short and long term outcomes of outpatient exacerbations in moderate-to-severe COPD R. Wilson, A. Anzueto, M. Miravitlles, P. Arvis, D. Haverstock, M. Trajanovic, S. Sethi (London, United Kingdom; Montville, United States Of America; Barcelona, Spain; Loos, France; Toronto, Canada)
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Colonization in advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease J. Rademacher, H. Suhling, G. Auenhammer, J. Gottlieb, T. Welte (Hanover, Germany)
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Biomarkers and severity in community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) S. Fandos, E. Minchole, A. Lasierra, A. Simon, C. Panadero, G. Hernandez, F. De Pablo, S. Garcia, C. Lapresta, S. Bello (Zaragoza, Spain)
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Role of basophils in immunological memory responses to pneumococcal protein antigens and S. pneumoniae infections in mice A. Bischof, C. Brumshagen, R. Maus, M. Mack, S. Hollingshead, D. Briles, T. Welte, U. Maus (Hanover, Regensburg, Germany; Birmingham, United States Of America)
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Bacterial biofilms in bronchiectasis of primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) in comparison with cystic fibrosis (CF) D. Theegarten, J. Kikhney, A. Petrich, U. Sommerwerck, S. Welter, O. Anhenn, A. Moter (Essen, Berlin, Germany)
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Biomarkers and community-adquired pneumonia (CAP) etiology E. Minchole, S. Fandos, A. Simon, C. Panadero, A. Lasierra, M.A. Ruiz, G. Hernandez, D. Nieto, C. Viñado, S. Bello (Zaragoza, Spain)
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Microorganisms isolated in COPD patients hospitalised for acute exacerbations and their clinical correlations T. Örnek, F. Erboy, F. Atalay, R. Altin, M. Tor (Zonguldak, Tekirdag, Turkey)
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Cellular composition of bronchial brush-biopsies at COPD exacerbation S. Nesterovich, E. Bukreeva (Tomsk, Russian Federation)
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Inflammatory cells composition of bronchial brush-biopsies in dependence on infectional agent species at COPD exacerbation S. Nesterovich, E. Bukreeva (Tomsk, Russian Federation)
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Nosocomial pneumonia control programs: The most difficult questions T. Pertseva, R. Bontsevich (Dnipropetrovs‘k, Ukraine; Belgorod, Russian Federation)
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