Selection of Resistance to Clarithromycin in Mycobacterium abscessus Subspecies.

Mycobacterium abscessus is an emerging pathogen against which clarithromycin is the main drug used. Clinical failures are commonly observed and were first attributed to acquired mutations in rrl encoding 23S rRNA but were then attributed to the intrinsic production of the erm(41) 23S RNA methylase. Since strains of M.

Cystic Pulmonary Myxoid Liposarcoma Mimicking Endobronchial Blood Clot.

A 71-year-old-man was transferred to our hospital in November 2012 for a bronchial artery embolization in the context of recurrent blood clots obstructing the left lower bronchus. Since June 2012, he had been explored for a cystic hypermetabolic lesion of the entire left lobe, and underwent 3 bronchoscopies and 2 computed tomography scan-guided biopsies, with no success. A fourth bronchoscopy enabled the extraction of a large blood clot (8×1.

[Lung sarcoidosis: Clinical features and therapeutic issues].

Sarcoidosis is a granulomatous disease of unknown cause. This proteiform disease is characterized by an almost constant and often predominant lung involvement. The natural history of disease is difficult to predict at presentation.

Interstitial Lung Disease in Werner Syndrome: A Case Report of a 55-Year-Old Male Patient.

Werner syndrome (WS) is a progeroid or premature aging syndrome characterized by early onset of age-related pathologies and cancer. The average life expectancy of affected people is 52.8 years and tends to increase.

[Pulmonary manifestations in HIV-infected patients: a diagnostic approach].

The spectrum of pulmonary diseases that can affect human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients is wide and includes both HIV and non-HIV-related conditions. Opportunistic infections and neoplasms remain a major concern even in the current era of combination antiretroviral therapy. Although these diseases have characteristic clinical and radiological features, there can be considerable variation in these depending on the patient's CD4 lymphocyte count.

[H1N1 (2009) influenza A infection in transplant recipient patients: a comparative study versus non-transplanted patients].

Objective: To compare H1N1 (2009) influenza A infection characteristics between transplant recipient patients and non-transplanted patients. To assess the evolution of transplanted patients up to 6 months following infection.

Methods: Patients diagnosed with confirmed influenza A infection from three Parisian transplant centers between September 1st, 2009 and February 15th, 2010.

Induction chemotherapy before sleeve lobectomy for lung cancer: immediate and long-term results.

Background: Induction chemotherapy does not increase the morbidity and mortality rates of bronchoplastic procedures, but the long-term efficiency remains unclear. The purpose of this retrospective study was to analyze the impact of chemotherapy on resectability and long-term survival.

Methods: From 1984 to 2005, 159 consecutive patients with non-small cell lung cancer underwent sleeve lobectomy without (n = 117) or with induction chemotherapy (n = 42).

Bronchial sleeve resections: lung function resurrecting procedure.

Objective: Mainstem bronchus obstruction results in lung function exclusion. The aim of this study was to revisit lung function restoration obtained by different types of bronchial sleeve resections in selected patients with endobronchial tumors.

Methods: Eleven patients (9 women and 2 men, mean age 47 years) presented with endobronchial tumors and ipsilateral lung function exclusion.

Revitalizing executive information systems.

As the saying goes, "garbage in, garbage out"--and this is as true for executive information systems as for any other computer system. Crockett presents a methodology he has used with clients to help them develop more useful systems that produce higher quality information. The key is to develop performance measures based on critical success factors and stakeholder expectations and then to link them cross functionally to show how progress is being made on strategic goals.