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, […]
Small airway disease (SAD) remains a challenging and underrecognized driver of fixed airflow obstruction in severe asthma. Impulse oscillometry (IOS) provides valuable insight into peripheral airway dysfunction and allows characterization of different bronchodilator response patterns. […]
A 44-year-old woman, former smoker, underwent apical segmentectomy of the right lower lobe in 2015 for a typical carcinoid tumor (1.5cm, Ki 67