Amyloid and the lower respiratory tract.

Lower respiratory tract infections.

Acute lower respiratory infections (ALRI) are the major cause of morbidity and mortality in young children worldwide. ALRIs are important indicators of the health disparities that persist between Indigenous and non-Indigenous children in developed countries. Bronchiolitis and pneumonia account for the majority of the ALRI burden. The epidemiology, diagnosis, and management of these diseases in ...

Acute lower respiratory tract infection.

Copyright © 2008 Massachusetts Medical Society. A cute lower respiratory tract infections are a persistent and pervasive public health problem. They cause a greater burden of disease worldwide than human immunodeficiency virus infection, malaria, cancer, or heart attacks.1 In the United States, they cause more disease and death than any other infection, and there has been little change in morta...

Localized amyloidosis of the lower respiratory tract.

Amyloidosis limited to the lower respiratory tract is a relatively rare condition. Three new patients are reported, and the pertinent literature is reviewed. The available information is discussed with regard to clinical forms, diagnostic methods, therapy, and clinical course. Tracheobronchial deposition is the most frequent form of localized amyloidosis; it affects relatively younger persons a...

Primary melanocarcinoma of the lower respiratory tract.

Immunology of the lower respiratory tract.

This paper discusses some of the immunological disturbances occurring in the peripheral parts of the lung. Immune responses leading to primary bronchial disease, asthma in particular, have been discussed by other speakers during the Meeting. ln one sense, almost every known disease affecting the gas exchanging parts of the lung has immunological implications. I shall confme my attention to a li...