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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A multicenter analysis of the ED diagnosis of pneumonia. 
  • Access to quality diagnosis and rational treatment for tuberculosis: real-world evidence from China-Gates Tuberculosis Control Project Phase III. 
  • Adapting clinical trial design to maintain meaningful outcomes during a multicenter asthma trial in the precision medicine era. 
  • Adult pneumonia in a general hospital. Etiology and host risk factors. 
  • Application of lipoarabinomannan antigen in tuberculosis diagnostics: current evidence. 
  • Appropriateness of expectorated sputum cultures in the hospital setting. 
  • Aspiration of metallic mercury. A 22-year follow-up. 
  • Atypical metaplasia and incidence of bronchogenic carcinoma. 
  • Comparison of sputum and lung asbestos body counts in former asbestos workers. 
  • Correlation of intracellular organisms with quantitative endotracheal aspirate. 
  • Detection of Pneumocystis jiroveci in respiratory specimens by four staining methods. 
  • Diagnostic accuracy of C-reactive protein for active pulmonary tuberculosis: a meta-analysis. 
  • Establishing the diagnosis of lung cancer: Diagnosis and management of lung cancer, 3rd ed: American College of Chest Physicians evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. 
  • Localized peribronchial thickening: a CT sign of occult bronchogenic carcinoma. 
  • Low sensitivity of T-cell based detection of tuberculosis among HIV co-infected Tanzanian in-patients. 
  • Mometasone or Tiotropium in Mild Asthma with a Low Sputum Eosinophil Level. 
  • Mucus concentration-dependent biophysical abnormalities unify submucosal gland and superficial airway dysfunction in cystic fibrosis. 
  • Necrotizing pulmonary aspergillosis with oxalosis. 
  • Neisseria meningitidis, a respiratory pathogen? 
  • Performance characteristics of different modalities for diagnosis of suspected lung cancer: summary of published evidence. 
  • Performance of Xpert Ultra nasopharyngeal swab for identification of tuberculosis deaths in northern Tanzania. 
  • Perls' Prussian Blue Stains of Lung Tissue, Bronchoalveolar Lavage, and Sputum. 
  • Plastic bronchitis: resolution after heart transplantation. 
  • Presumptive diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis based on radiographic findings. 
  • Pulmonary function in mechanically-ventilated patients during 24-hour use of a hygroscopic condensor humidifier. 
  • Pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial infection: radiologic manifestations. 
  • Rapid molecular detection of tuberculosis and rifampin resistance. 
  • Rejection criteria for endotracheal aspirates from adults. 
  • Roles of mucus adhesion and cohesion in cough clearance. 
  • Screening for lung cancer. 
  • Screening for lung cancer: a review of the current literature. 
  • Substitution of moxifloxacin for isoniazid during intensive phase treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. 
  • Ten years of respiratory cytopathology at Duke University Medical Center. I. The cytopathologic diagnosis of lung cancer during the years 1970 to 1974, noting the significance of specimen number and type. 
  • Ten years of respiratory cytopathology at Duke University Medical Center. II. The cytopathologic diagnosis of lung cancer during the years 1970 to 1974, with a comparison between cytopathology and histopathology in the typing of lung cancer. 
  • The characteristics and mortality of outpatient-acquired pneumonia. 
  • The complexities of Xpert® MTB/RIF interpretation. 
  • The infectiousness of tuberculosis patients coinfected with HIV. 
  • Transmission Of Tuberculosis Among illicit drug use Linkages (TOTAL): A cross-sectional observational study protocol using respondent driven sampling. 
  • Transrectal gene therapy of the prostate in the canine model. 
  • Treatment of tuberculosis in patients with advanced human immunodeficiency virus infection. 
  • Trends in the clinical characteristics of the U.S. cystic fibrosis patient population from 1995 to 2005. 
  • Tuberculosis and AIDS. 
  • Tuberculosis transmission from a patient with skin lesions and a negative sputum smear. 
  • Tyloxapol inhibits NF-kappa B and cytokine release, scavenges HOCI, and reduces viscosity of cystic fibrosis sputum. 
  • Understanding the costs of better tuberculosis diagnostics. 
  • Unrecognised Mycobacterium tuberculosis. 
  • Validation of the surveillance system for tuberculosis in Botswana. 
  • Zygomycosis caused by Cunninghamella bertholletiae: mycologic aspects. 
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  • Patz Jr., Edward F., James and Alice Chen Distinguished Professor of Radiology, Pathology