Seattle Area Chest Grand Rounds

02.14.08 - A typical Harborview Pulmonary consult - Justin Ortiz, MD

Clin Infect Dis. 2005 Nov 15;41(10):1483-97. Epub 2005 Oct 12. Nontuberculous mycobacterial immune reconstitution syndrome in HIV-infected patients: spectrum of disease and long-term follow-up. Phillips P, Bonner S, Gataric N, Bai T, Wilcox P, Hogg R, O'Shaughnessy M, Montaner J

Clin Infect Dis. 2000 Mar;30(3):511-4. Recurrence of Mycobacterium avium infection in patients receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy and antimycobacterial agents. Cinti SK, Kaul DR, Sax PE, Crane LR, Kazanjian PH

Curr Opin Pulm Med. 2003 May;9(3):210-4. HIV-related pulmonary infections: a review of the recent literature. Wolff AJ, O'Donnell AE

J Transl Med. 2007 Oct 15;5:50. Mycobacterium avium complex immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome: long term outcomes. Riddell J 4th, Kaul DR, Karakousis PC, Gallant JE, Mitty J, Kazanjian PH

02.14.08 - Yet another pulmonary-renal syndrome - Oliver Tai, MD

Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2005 Oct;18(5):376-86. Leptospirosis. McBride AJ, Athanazio DA, Reis MG, Ko AI

Chest. 2003 Feb;123(2):639-43. Leptospirosis presenting as diffuse alveolar hemorrhage: case report and literature review. Luks AM, Lakshminarayanan S, Hirschmann JV

Curr Opin Pulm Med. 2007 May;13(3):230-5. Leptospiral pneumonias. Dolhnikoff M, Mauad T, Bethlem EP, Carvalho CR

Braz J Infect Dis. 2007 Feb;11(1):142-8. Pathology and pathophysiology of pulmonary manifestations in leptospirosis. Dolhnikoff M, Mauad T, Bethlem EP, Carvalho CR

02.14.08 - Interesting Thoracic Surgery Images - Thomas Varghese, MD

References TBA

02.07.08 - Fore! - Jeffrey Lin, MD

Radiology. 2005 Nov;237(2):395-400. Guidelines for management of small pulmonary nodules detected on CT scans: a statement from the Fleischner Society. MacMahon H, Austin JH, Gamsu G, Herold CJ, Jett JR, Naidich DP, Patz EF Jr, Swensen SJ; Fleischner Society

http://www.massgeneralimaging.org/newsletter/July_2004/

Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Jan;12(1):163-5. Histoplasmosis cluster, golf course, Canada. Anderson H, Honish L, Taylor G, Johnson M, Tovstiuk C, Fanning A, Tyrrell G, Rennie R, Jaipaul J, Sand C, Probert S

02.07.08 - 53 yo comedian w/ malaise - Bradford Glavan, MD

Clin Infect Dis. 2005 Nov 1;41(9):1217-23. Epub 2005 Sep 20. Coccidioidomycosis. Galgiani JN, Ampel NM, Blair JE, Catanzaro A, Johnson RH, Stevens DA, Williams PL; Infectious Diseases Society of America

Am J Med. 2006 Nov;119(11):964-9. Coccidioidomycosis in patients with diabetes mellitus. Santelli AC, Blair JE, Roust LR

Respir Med. 2007 Dec 28 [Epub ahead of print] Pleural effusion in hospitalized patients with Coccidioidomycosis. Merchant M, Romero AO, Libke RD, Joseph J

02.07.08 - Flying in for a visit - Jeffrey Lin, MD

Clin Microbiol Rev. 1998 Jul;11(3):480-96. Dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever. Gubler DJ

Curr Top Med Mycol. 1996 Dec;7(1):7-18. Histoplasmosis in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Wheat J

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01.31.08 - Where to point the finger? - Lindy Klaff, MD

N Engl J Med. 2005 Nov 10;353(19):2042-55. Acute oxygen-sensing mechanisms. Weir EK, López-Barneo J, Buckler KJ, Archer SL

Chest. 1990 Mar;97(3):706-18. Hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction. Physiologic significance, mechanism, and clinical relevance. Cutaia M, Rounds S

01.31.08 - Another Priceless Bronchoscopic Adventure - Christopher Seymour, MD

Articles TBA

01.31.08 - A fun guy with ALL - Lindy Klaff, MD

Clin Microbiol Infect. 2006 Apr;12(4):369-75. Rapid identification of clinical Trichoderma longibrachiatum isolates by cellulose-acetate electrophoresis-mediated isoenzyme analysis. Szekeres A, Láday M, Kredics L, Varga J, Antal Z, Hatvani L, Manczinger L, Vágvölgyi C, Nagy E

Chest. 2002 Jun;121(6):1988-99. The clinical spectrum of pulmonary aspergillosis. Soubani AO, Chandrasekar PH

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2005 Sep;53(1):33-7. Nonfatal pulmonary Trichoderma viride infection in an adult patient with acute myeloid leukemia: report of one case and review of the literature. De Miguel D, Gómez P, González R, García-Suárez J, Cuadros JA, Bañas MH, Romanyk J, Burgaleta C

J Clin Microbiol. 1999 Apr;37(4):1154-60. Fatal disseminated Trichoderma longibrachiatum infection in an adult bone marrow transplant patient: species identification and review of the literature. Richter S, Cormican MG, Pfaller MA, Lee CK, Gingrich R, Rinaldi MG, Sutton DA

J Clin Microbiol. 2004 Dec;42(12):5517-22. Aspergillus galactomannan enzyme immunoassay and quantitative PCR for diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis with bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. Musher B, Fredricks D, Leisenring W, Balajee SA, Smith C, Marr KA

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J Clin Microbiol. 2003 Sep;41(9):4304-11. Semiquantitative detection by real-time PCR of Aspergillus fumigatus in bronchoalveolar lavage fluids and tissue biopsy specimens from patients with invasive aspergillosis. Rantakokko-Jalava K, Laaksonen S, Issakainen J, Vauras J, Nikoskelainen J, Viljanen MK, Salonen J