ATS PITB Assembly

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🌺 The next chapter in NTM lung disease is being written in the Pacific! Join the NTM & bronchiectasis community in Honolulu for the HAPA NTM & Bronchiectasis Conference. 📅 March 8–10, 2027 📍 Honolulu, Hawaiʻi 🔗 ntmhawaii.org

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Join leading clinicians, researchers, healthcare professionals, and trainees from around the world for the NTM Conference 2027 in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. This

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🧫 In 310 adults hospitalized with Legionella pneumonia, each 6-hour delay to Legionella-active therapy was associated with 11% higher adjusted odds of 90-day mortality. The median time to effective therapy was significantly longer in immunocompromised hosts. 🫁 academic.oup.com/annalsats/ad...

Time to Effective Therapy and Mortality in Community-Acquired Legionella Pneumonia: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study

AbstractRationale. Legionella species can cause severe community-acquired pneumonia requiring targeted antimicrobial therapy. The impact of time to effecti

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New prospective data challenge the assumption that post-TB lung disease is limited to pulmonary TB: adults successfully treated for extrapulmonary TB had persistent spirometric impairment and respiratory symptoms for 1.5 years. academic.oup.com/ajrccm/artic...

Post-tuberculosis lung disease in treated extra-pulmonary tuberculosis

AbstractBackground. Post-tuberculosis lung disease is a well-recognized sequela of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB). Extra-PTB (EPTB) accounts for a quarter of

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🎉 Happy Friday! A respiratory infection... that 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 airflow obstruction? This fascinating case highlights spontaneous auto-bullectomy after a suspected respiratory infection. doi.org/10.1093/ajrc... #pulmonary #ATS #AJRCCM @atscommunity

Spontaneous Auto-Bullectomy Following a Suspected Respiratory Infection

Katarzyna Purzycka, Michael Eerhart, Julia B Becker; Spontaneous Auto-Bullectomy Following a Suspected Respiratory Infection, American Journal of Respirato

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