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A Clinical Score (RAPID) to Identify Those at Risk for Poor Outcome at Presentation in Patients With Pleural Infection by Rahman, Najib M., DPhil, Kahan, Brennan C., MSc, Miller, Robert F., MBBS, Gleeson, Fergus V., MD, Nunn, Andrew J., MSc, Maskell, Nicholas A., DM

“…Background Pleural infection is associated with a high morbidity and mortality. Development of a validated clinical risk score at presentation to identify…”
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Bedaquiline as Treatment for Disseminated Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Infection in 2 Patients Co-Infected with HIV by Gil, Eliza, Sweeney, Nicola, Barrett, Veronica, Morris-Jones, Stephen, Miller, Robert F, Johnston, Victoria J, Brown, Michael

“…Nontuberculous mycobacteria can cause disseminated infections in immunocompromised patients and are challenging to treat because of antimicrobial resistance…”
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Comparing Cost of Indwelling Pleural Catheter vs Talc Pleurodesis for Malignant Pleural Effusion by Penz, Erika D., MD, Mishra, Eleanor K., DPhil, Davies, Helen E., MD, Manns, Braden J., MD, Miller, Robert F., MBBS, Rahman, Najib M., DPhil

“…BACKGROUND Malignant pleural effusion is associated with short life expectancy and significant morbidity. A randomized controlled trial comparing indwelling…”
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HIV-Associated CD8 Encephalitis: A UK Case Series and Review of Histopathologically Confirmed Cases by Lucas, Sebastian B, Wong, Kum T, Nightingale, Sam, Miller, Robert F

“…HIV-associated CD8-encephalitis (HIV-CD8E) is a severe inflammatory disorder dominated by infiltration of the brain by CD8 T-lymphocytes. It occurs in people…”
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Paradoxical reactions and immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in tuberculosis by Bell, Lucy C.K, Breen, Ronan, Miller, Robert F, Noursadeghi, Mahdad, Lipman, Marc

“…Highlights • Case definitions for paradoxical reactions and immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) in tuberculosis (TB) are reviewed. • The risk…”
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Differentiating central nervous system infection from disease infiltration in hematological malignancy by Lim, Emma A., Ruffle, James K., Gnanadurai, Roshina, Lee, Heather, Escobedo-Cousin, Michelle, Wall, Emma, Cwynarski, Kate, Heyderman, Robert S., Miller, Robert F., Hyare, Harpreet

“…Hematological malignancies place individuals at risk of CNS involvement from their hematological disease and opportunistic intracranial infection secondary to…”
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Author Correction: Differentiating central nervous system infection from disease infiltration in hematological malignancy by Lim, Emma A., Ruffle, James K., Gnanadurai, Roshina, Lee, Heather, Escobedo-Cousin, Michelle, Wall, Emma, Cwynarski, Kate, Heyderman, Robert S., Miller, Robert F., Hyare, Harpreet

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Estimating the risk of mortality attributable to recent late HIV diagnosis following admission to the intensive care unit: A single‐centre observational cohort study by Bakewell, Nicholas, Kanitkar, Tanmay, Dissanayake, Oshani, Symonds, Maggie, Rimmer, Stephanie, Adlakha, Amit, Lipman, Marc C., Bhagani, Sanjay, Agarwal, Banwari, Miller, Robert F., Sabin, Caroline A.

“…Objectives Despite improvements in survival of people with HIV admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU), late diagnosis continues to contribute to in‐ICU…”
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Thoracoscopy and talc poudrage compared with intercostal drainage and talc slurry infusion to manage malignant pleural effusion: the TAPPS RCT by Bhatnagar, Rahul, Luengo-Fernandez, Ramon, Kahan, Brennan C, Rahman, Najib M, Miller, Robert F, Maskell, Nick A

“…There are around 40,000 new cases of malignant pleural effusion in the UK each year. Insertion of talc slurry via a chest tube is the current standard…”
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Results of Leveraging Pharmaceutical Patient Assistance Programs to Expand Access to High Cost Medications in a Student-Run Free Clinic by Lee, Julie J., Sack, Daniel E., Kam, Sharon, Reed, Sarah C., Carew, Babatunde, Lloyd, Cooper, Weaver, Eleanor O., Miller, Robert F.

“…High costs make many medications inaccessible to patients in the United States. Uninsured and underinsured patients are disproportionately affected…”
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In Vivo Molecular Dissection of the Effects of HIV-1 in Active Tuberculosis by Bell, Lucy C K, Pollara, Gabriele, Pascoe, Mellissa, Tomlinson, Gillian S, Lehloenya, Rannakoe J, Roe, Jennifer, Meldau, Richard, Miller, Robert F, Ramsay, Alan, Chain, Benjamin M, Dheda, Keertan, Noursadeghi, Mahdad

“…Increased risk of tuberculosis (TB) associated with HIV-1 infection is primarily attributed to deficient T helper (Th)1 immune responses, but most people with…”
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Current understanding of the impact of United States military airborne hazards and burn pit exposures on respiratory health by Trembley, Janeen H, Barach, Paul, Tomáška, Julie M, Poole, Jedidah T, Ginex, Pamela K, Miller, Robert F, Lindheimer, Jacob B, Szema, Anthony M, Gandy, Kimberly, Siddharthan, Trishul, Kirkness, Jason P, Nixon, Joshua P, Torres, Rosie Lopez, Klein, Mark A, Nurkiewicz, Timothy R, Butterick, Tammy A

“…Millions of United States (U.S.) troops deployed to the Middle East and Southwest Asia were exposed to toxic airborne hazards and/or open-air burn pits. Burn…”
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Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in tropical and low and middle income countries: a systematic review and meta-regression by Lowe, David M, Rangaka, Molebogeng X, Gordon, Fabiana, James, Chris D, Miller, Robert F

“…Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP), the commonest opportunistic infection in HIV-infected patients in the developed world, is less commonly described in…”
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Risk of tuberculosis after initiation of antiretroviral therapy among persons with HIV in Europe by Johansen, Isik S., Roen, Ashley, Kraef, Christian, Martín-Iguacel, Raquel, Nemeth, Johannes, Fenner, Lukas, Zangerle, Robert, Llibre, Josep M., Miller, Robert F., Suarez, Isabelle, de Wit, Stephane, Wit, Ferdinand, Mussini, Christina, Saracino, Annalisa, Canetti, Diana, Volny-Anne, Alain, Jaschinski, Nadine, Neesgaard, Bastian, Ryom, Lene, Peters, Lars, Garges, Harmony P., Rooney, James F., Podlekareva, Daria, Mocroft, Amanda, Kirk, Ole

“…•The tuberculosis (TB) risk after antiretroviral treatment (ART) initiation in Europe is studied.•TB peaked within 3 months post ART (14.41/1000 PY).•TB was…”
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Transbronchial Cryobiopsy Can Diagnose Constrictive Bronchiolitis in Veterans of Recent Conflicts in the Middle East by Lentz, Robert J, Fessel, Joshua P, Johnson, Joyce E, Maldonado, Fabien, Miller, Robert F, Rickman, Otis B

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Neuroectodermal Differentiation from Mouse Multipotent Adult Progenitor Cells by Jiang, Yuehua, Henderson, Dori, Blackstad, Mark, Chen, Angel, Miller, Robert F., Verfaillie, Catherine M.

“…We recently showed that a rare cell from murine bone marrow, which we termed multipotent adult progenitor cells (MAPCs), can be expanded for >120 population…”
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Thoracic empyema: a 12-year study from a UK tertiary cardiothoracic referral centre by Marks, Daniel J B, Fisk, Marie D, Koo, Chieh Y, Pavlou, Menelaos, Peck, Lorraine, Lee, Simon F, Lawrence, David, Macrae, M Bruce, Wilson, A Peter R, Brown, Jeremy S, Miller, Robert F, Zumla, Alimuddin I

“…Empyema is an increasingly frequent clinical problem worldwide, and has substantial morbidity and mortality. Our objectives were to identify the clinical,…”
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Adherent human alveolar macrophages exhibit a transient pro-inflammatory profile that confounds responses to innate immune stimulation by Tomlinson, Gillian S, Booth, Helen, Petit, Sarah J, Potton, Elspeth, Towers, Greg J, Miller, Robert F, Chain, Benjamin M, Noursadeghi, Mahdad

“…Alveolar macrophages (AM) are thought to have a key role in the immunopathogenesis of respiratory diseases. We sought to test the hypothesis that human AM…”
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Acute D-Serine Co-Agonism of β-Cell NMDA Receptors Potentiates Glucose-Stimulated Insulin Secretion and Excitatory β-Cell Membrane Activity by Lockridge, Amber, Gustafson, Eric, Wong, Alicia, Miller, Robert F, Alejandro, Emilyn U

“…Insulin-secreting pancreatic β-cells express proteins characteristic of D-serine regulated synapses, but the acute effect of D-serine co-agonism on its…”
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Sociality deficits in serine racemase knockout mice by Matveeva, Tatyana M., Pisansky, Marc T., Young, Amy, Miller, Robert F., Gewirtz, Jonathan C.

“…Background Studies of schizophrenia have pointed to the role of glutamate in its pathophysiology. Mice lacking D‐serine show impairments in neurotransmission…”
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