Laboratory Diagnostics Accuracy for COVID-19 versus Post-COVID-19 Syndrome in Lung Disease Patients with Multimorbidity by Daniela Robu Popa, Oana Elena Melinte, Mona-Elisabeta Dobrin, Andrei Tudor Cernomaz, Cristina Grigorescu, Alexandra Floriana Nemes, Doina Adina Todea, Damiana Maria Vulturar, Ionela Alina Grosu-Creangă, Tiberiu Lunguleac, Antigona Carmen Trofor

“…In the case of chronic lung diseases, asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) were the most frequent. Pleurisy was found especially in patients with PCI Variations in serum LDH values were observed, especially in severe forms of COVID-19 in 2020, with a mean value of 481.44 U/L, compared to patients with PCI, whose mean values (122 U/L) were within the biological range of reference. …”
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Pulmonary Immune-Related Adverse Events of PD-1 Versus PD-L1 Checkpoint Inhibitors: A Retrospective Review of Pharmacovigilance by Ugochi Ebinama, Ajay Sheshadri, Kartik Anand, Iyer Swaminathan

“…The objective of this study is to assess the risk of developing pulmonary irAEs (pneumonitis, pleural events [i.e., effusion and pleurisy], exacerbations of airway disease [i.e., bronchitis and bronchiectasis], and sarcoidosis) with exposure to five commonly used ICIs: nivolumab, pembrolizumab, durvalumab, avelumab, and atezolizumab. …”
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In vivo and in silico anti-inflammatory properties of the sesquiterpene valencene by Lindaiane B.R. Dantas, Isabel S. Alcântara, Cícero Pedro S. Júnior, Maria Rayane C. de Oliveira, Anita O.B.P.B. Martins, Ticiano M. Dantas, Jaime Ribeiro-Filho, Henrique Douglas M. Coutinho, Fabíolla R.S. Passos, Lucindo J. Quintans-Júnior, Jackson Roberto G.S. Almeida, Natália Cruz-Martins, Bonglee Kim, Irwin Rose Alencar de Menezes

“…The inhibition of acute inflammation was evaluated in models of paw edema induced by different inflammatory agents (carrageenan, dextran, histamine, and arachidonic acid (AA)) and carrageenan-induced pleurisy and peritonitis. The modulation of chronic inflammation was evaluated in a granuloma model induced cotton pellets implantation. …”
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Analysis of prognostic factors for survival in the Russian population of patients with disseminated gastric cancer, who received ramucirumab as secondline therapy in the RAMSELGA t... by N. S. Besova, T. A. Titova, Е. V. Artamonova, A. A. Tryakin, D. L. Stroyakovskiy, E. V. Perminova, D. Yu. Yukalchuk, D. M. Ponomarenko, N. P. Belyak, R. V. Orlova, G. M. Teletaeva, E. Yu. Ratner, A. S. Mochalova, O. O. Gordeeva, A. S. Zhabina, S. V. Gamayunov, A. V. Smolin, A. Yu. Povyshev, M. I. Andrievskikh, I. S. Stilidi

“…(RR 0.161; 95% CI 0.105–0.246; p = 0.0000); 3) a low grade tumour or colloid cancer (RR 1,868; 95% CI 1,063–3,284; p = 0,030); 4) peritoneal metastasis (RR 1.549; 95% CI 1.026–2.339; p = 0.037); 5) ascites or pleurisy (RR 0.624; 95% CI 0.424–0.920; p = 0.017). …”
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Pathogenetic mechanisms of destructive pneumonia in children. Case report with literature review by E.M. Tolstova, M.V. Besedina, O.V. Zaitseva, N.S. Zaitseva, S.B. Yatsyshina, D.V. Khaspekov, E.B. Olkhova, I.V. Turishchev, N.A. Sholokhova, P.P. Galeev, T.Yu. Belyaeva

“…Manifestation in the form of acute upper respiratory tract infection, subsequent deterioration with the progression of pneumonia and pleurisy indicate the importance of viral-bacterial interactions in the DP pathogenesis. …”
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Response of gastrointestinal tract to Pasteurella multocida serotype B:2 infection in buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis Linnaeus) by Muhammad, Abubakar Salisu

“…The pathological alterations as the result of oral or intratracheal exposure to P.multocida B:2 included generalized lymphadenopathy, acute ulcerative rhinitis, acute fibrinous pneumonia, pleurisy, hydropericardium, is and necrotizing and haemorrhagic typhilitis and proctitis, however lesions scoring revealed higher scores in gastrointestinal following orally exposure,while respiratory tract showed higher scores in intratracheally exposed group. …”
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Functional immune boosters; the herb or its dead microbiome? Antigenic TLR4 agonist MAMPs found in 65 medicinal roots and algae’s by E. Mazzio, A. Barnes, R. Badisa, G. Fierros-Romero, H. Williams, S. Council, K.F.A. Soliman

“…Conclusion: The data show significant gram negative MAMP biomass dominance in A) roots (e.g. echinacea, yucca, burdock, stinging nettle, sarsaparilla, hydrangea, poke, madder, calamus, rhaponticum, pleurisy, aconite etc.) and B) oceanic plants / algae’s (e.g. bladderwrack, chlorella, spirulina, kelp, and “OTC Seamoss-blends“ (irish moss, bladderwrack, burdock root etc), as well as other random herbs (eg. corn silk, cleavers, watercress, cardamom seed, tribulus, duckweed, puffball, hordeum and pollen). …”
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Incidence of community acquired lower respiratory tract disease in Bristol, UK during the COVID-19 pandemic: A prospective cohort study by Catherine Hyams, Robert Challen, Elizabeth Begier, Jo Southern, Jade King, Anna Morley, Zsuzsa Szasz-Benczur, Maria Garcia Gonzalez, Jane Kinney, James Campling, Sharon Gray, Jennifer Oliver, Robin Hubler, Srinivas Valluri, Andrew Vyse, John M. McLaughlin, Gillian Ellsbury, Nick A. Maskell, Bradford D. Gessner, Leon Danon, Adam Finn, Amelia Langdon, Anabella Turner, Anya Mattocks, Bethany Osborne, Charli Grimes, Claire Mitchell, David Adegbite, Emma Bridgeman, Emma Scott, Fiona Perkins, Francesca Bayley, Gabriella Ruffino, Gabriella Valentine, Grace Tilzey, Johanna Kellett Wright, Julia Brzezinska, Julie Cloake, Katarina Milutinovic, Kate Helliker, Katie Maughan, Kazminder Fox, Konstantina Minou, Lana Ward, Leah Fleming, Leigh Morrison, Lily Smart, Louise Wright, Lucy Grimwood, Maddalena Bellavia, Madeleine Clout, Marianne Vasquez, Milo Jeenes-Flanagan, Natalie Chang, Niall Grace, Nicola Manning, Oliver Griffiths, Pip Croxford, Peter Sequenza, Rajeka Lazarus, Rhian Walters, Robin Marlow, Robyn Heath, Rupert Antico, Sandi Nammuni Arachchge, Seevakumar Suppiah, Taslima Mona, Tawassal Riaz, Vicki Mackay, Zandile Maseko, Zoe Taylor, Zsolt Friedrich

“…Patients were included if they presented with signs or symptoms of aLRTD (e.g., cough, pleurisy), or a clinical or radiological aLRTD diagnosis. …”
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Eficacitatea efectelor combinate ale chimioterapiei, ozonului și terapiei cu laser asupra parametrilor clinici și biochimici la pacienții cu tuberculoză pulmonară complicată de ple... by Квитослава Мажак, Елена Ткач, Евгений Писаренко

“…The effectiveness of the combined effect of chemotherapy, ozone and laser therapy on clinical and biochemical parameters in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis is complicated by exudative pleurisy…”
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Carcinomatous pleuritis in women with malignant tumors of reproductive system: potentialities of a cytological technigue by O. G. Grigoruk, A. F. Lazarev, L. M. Bazulina, M. N. Chechulin

“…The features of malignant cells of tumors of reproductive system in pleurisies with breast carcinoma (119), ovarian (73) and endometrial carcinoma (4) were studied. …”
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Two Sisters with Colchicine-Resistant form of Familial Mediterranean Fever on the Canakinumab Therapy: Clinical Case by Elena A. Ligostaeva, Nadezhda A. Tsurikova, Irina A. Tsiganok, Nataliya N. Kobzeva, Vadim Yu. Avdeenko

“…Colchicine-resistant cases of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) are associated with high risk of kidney amyloidosis and severe episodes of the disease with pyretic fever, arthritis, pleurisies, pericarditis. It is difficult to achieve disease control in colchicine-resistant patients and it is required to use genetically engineered biologic drugs.Clinical Case Description. …”
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Tuberculoza rezistentă la copii. by Stela Kulciţchi

“…Formele clinice de TB au fost: TB ganglionilor limfatici intratoracici - 101 (49%), complex TB primar - 22 (10%), TB infiltrativă - 76 (36%), pleurisie - 4 (2%). IDR 2 UT pozitivă normoergică au avut 126 (61%), hiperergică - 44 (21%), negativă - 33 (16%) copii. …”
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