To determine the effects of combined treatment of montelukast and budesonide on young children with cough variant asthma, and their serum inflammatory factors of serum hypersensitive c-reactive protein (hs-CRP), tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), interleukin-6 (IL-6) and pulmonary
Fructus mume was recorded in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia and traditional Chinese medical books for chronic cough, but the effect and related constituents are still unknown. Thus, we investigated the protect effects and the relevant constituents of F. mume in a guinea pig model with
Treatment options for patients with pulmonary fibrosis associated with rheumatoid disease are limited. We report a case of a 71-year-old man with a 3-year history of seropositive rheumatoid arthritis (RA) referred to the pulmonary clinic because of progressive pulmonary symptoms associated with
BACKGROUND
Biological agents such as tumor necrosis factor-α inhibitors are known to cause mycobacterium infections. Here, we report a disseminated non-tuberculosis case caused by TNF-α inhibitor therapy and a probable paradoxical response to antimycobacterial therapy.
METHODS
A 68-year-old man with
Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) is a proinflammatory cytokine that has a key role in the pathogenesis of a variety of autoimmune diseases-including rheumatoid arthritis-and is an important constituent of the human immune response to infection. At present, three anti-TNF agents are approved (in the US
A 65-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with a temperature of 39.3 °C, cough, sputum, and pharyngeal discomfort that had persisted for 3 days. He had been treated with methotrexate and adalimumab (a tumor necrosis factor-alpha [TNF-α] inhibitor) for rheumatoid arthritis for 2 years, and he
A 21-year-old Chinese man presented with a nonproductive cough for the past 5 months. He denied fevers, chills, night sweats, chest pain, dyspnea, hemoptysis, or weight loss. He was an undergraduate with an unremarkable medical history. He denied any sick contacts and he never smoked. Laboratory
Hard metal pneumoconiosis is a recently recognized occupational lung disease associated with the exposure to cobalt fumes in the workplace. Chronic exposure in susceptible individuals results in interstitial lung disease histopathologically manifested as interstitial fibrosis with an associated
In 2005, a 24-year-old man with Crohn disease who had been treated with infliximab for several months was exposed to an individual with smear-positive tuberculosis. Soon after exposure, he complained of malaise, dry cough, and weight loss. Despite normal chest radiograph findings and negative
Naringin is a flavanone with various bioactivities including expectorant effect, antitussive effect and inhibitory effects on asthma and acute lung injury. In present study we examined the effects of naringin on enhanced cough, airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) and airway inflammation in chronic
BACKGROUND
Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia (CEP) is an idiopathic interstitial lung disease with nonspecific symptoms that involves a complex inflammatory cascade.
METHODS
A 36-year-old prisoner with a history of psoriasis presented with progressive worsening dyspnea, chest pain, and cough. His
Bordetella pertussis causes whooping cough, an endemic respiratory disease that is increasing in prevalence despite vaccination efforts. Although host immunity is modulated by virulence factors of this pathogen, it is unclear what host factors are required to overcome their effects. Here, we
Twenty-five cases of thymoma with prominent cystic and hemorrhagic changes and areas of necrosis and infarction are presented. The patients were 11 women and 14 men between the ages of 18 and 73 years (median 45.5 years). Clinically, nine patients were asymptomatic and their mediastinal tumor was
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