Annals ofInfectology

Volume: 4 - Number: 43 - October 15, 2004

Outstanding

Lung biopsy guidelines—for the obedience of fools and guidance of wise men

Unusual lung consolidation in SLE

Risk factors of readmission to hospital for a COPD exacerbation: a prospective study

Resolution of bronchial inflammation is related to bacterial eradication following treatment of exacerbations of chronic bronchitis

Airwaves

Airwaves

Airway Biology

Respiratory viruses in exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease requiring hospitalisation: a case-control study

Time course of recovery of health status following an infective exacerbation of chronic bronchitis

VEGF regulates the proliferation of acid-exposed alveolar lining epithelial cells

Asthma

Sputum T lymphocytes in asthma, COPD and healthy subjects have the phenotype of activated intraepithelial T cells (CD69+ CD103+)

Brief papers

Nuclear localisation of p65 in sputum macrophages but not in sputum neutrophils during COPD exacerbations

BTS guidelines

Guidelines for radiologically guided lung biopsy

Cases Reports

Upper airways abnormalities and tracheal problems in Morquio’s disease

Successful treatment of empyema thoracis with human recombinant deoxyribonuclease

COPD

Risk factors of readmission to hospital for a COPD exacerbation: a prospective study

Editorial

Lung biopsy guidelines—for the obedience of fools and guidance of wise men

Improving the care for patients with acute severe respiratory disease

Letters

Unusual lung consolidation in SLE

Lung alerts

Role of the endothelium and nitric oxide synthases in modulating superoxide formation induced by endotoxin and cytokines in porcine pulmonary arteries

Influence of lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) on health related quality of life in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

US mortality statistics: the increasing importance of influenza and the role of RSV

Manufacturing defects in bronchoscopes can lead to nosocomial infections

Respiratory infection

Resolution of bronchial inflammation is related to bacterial eradication following treatment of exacerbations of chronic bronchitis

Increased concentrations of human ß-defensins in plasma and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of patients with diffuse panbronchiolitis

The SARS epidemic: emergence of a new respiratory virus?

Influenza vaccination reduces risk of hospitalisation for heart disease and CVD in subjects aged ?65 years

Review

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease • 9: Management of ventilatory failure in COPD

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease • 7: Management of COPD

Increased circulating 92 kDa matrix metalloproteinase (MMP-9) activity in exacerbations of asthma

Ethics and decision making in end stage lung disease

Supplement

BTS guidelines for the investigation of a unilateral pleural effusion in adults