Introduction Emphysema is a phenotype of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that causes air trapping and lung hyperinflation and, consequently, dyspnea, reduced exercise tolerance, and poor health-related quality of life. Several randomized controlled clinical trials […]
Introduction The use of intravenous antibiotic formulations delivered by inhalation is controversial. Tolerance can be an issue and some treatment guidelines discourage this route of administration if the same antibiotic is available in an inhalation […]
Introduction Despite existing guidelines, many patients with asthma do not achieve adequate control of their disease. This is largely due to low adherence to inhaled therapy. Single-inhaler administration may improve this and other aspects of […]
We report the first documented case of community-acquired pneumonia caused by Chryseobacterium gleum in an immunocompetent patient without typical risk factors. This gram-negative bacillus, historically associated with nosocomial infections in immunocompromised individuals, was identified as […]
Pulmonary nocardiosis is a rare opportunistic infection, often misdiagnosed due to its subacute onset and non-specific clinical and radiological findings. We report an 82-year-old man with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and bilateral bronchiectasis, […]