Background: Lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) are a common reason for consulting
general practitioners (GPs). In most cases the aetiology is unknown, yet most result in an …

Background Data from the UK COVID-19 outbreak are emerging, and there are ongoing
concerns about a disproportionate effect on ethnic minorities. There is very limited …

As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps across the UK there remain issues with
reversetranscription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), the gold standard diagnostic …

Introduction Ventilation parameter data from patients receiving home mechanical ventilation
can be collected via secure data cards and modem technology. This can then be reviewed …

Introduction 2018 World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for the treatment of isoniazid
(H)-resistant (Hr) tuberculosis recommend a four-drug regimen: rifampicin (R), ethambutol …

Mycoplasma amphoriforme is a recently described organism isolated from the respiratory
tracts of patients with immunodeficiency and evidence of chronic infection. Novel assays for …

A 16-year-old girl with no medical history presented to our emergency department with rapid
onset and progressive facial and neck swelling, dyspnoea and dysphonia. The previous …

Purpose Patients with thoracic malignancies often have more than one site of pulmonary,
nodal or pleural disease within one hemithorax. In addition, large heterogeneous lesions …

Background: Data from the UK COVID-19 outbreak are emerging, and there are ongoing
concerns about a disproportionate effect on ethnic minorities. There is very limited …

RATIONALE Drugs which inhibit tumour necrosis factor (TNF) are used for a variety of
inflammatory conditions but carry a significant risk of tuberculosis reactivation. Patients …