INTRODUCTION : Despite the high burden of disease, there have been surprisingly few studies of the acute phase and plasma catecholamine/cortisol stress hormone responses in patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis. ...

Community-acquired pneumonia remains an important cause of disease and death both in the developed and the developing worlds and therefore continues to have major medical impact. The mortality remains high despite the ...

Streptococcus pneumoniae is the major bacterial cause of pneumonia, meningitis and otitis media and continues to be associated with significant morbidity and mortality in individuals both in the developed and developing ...

The clinical relevance of the anti-inflammatory properties of beta-2 agonists remains contentious possibly due to differences in their molecular structures and agonist activities. The current study has compared the effects ...

COVID-19 pneumonia, much like that of bacterial and viral community-acquired pneumonia before it, is accompanied by a high rate of cardio- and cerebrovascular events that are associated with an increased risk of complications ...

The association between severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and a significantly heightened risk for development of an acute cardiovascular event (ACE), most commonly acute myocardial infarction, new-onset arrhythmia ...

BACKGROUND : Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) constitute a network of chromatin fibres containing histone and antimicrobial peptides that are released by activated neutrophils. NETs protect the host against infection ...

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Although the inclusion of the cationic amphiphilic, anti-mycobacterial agent, clofazimine, in the chemotherapeutic regimens of patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) has contributed to improved outcomes, ...