Infections in “Noninfectious” Lung Diseases

Respiratory Viral Infections in Chronic Lung Diseases.

Chronic lung diseases, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, cystic fibrosis (CF) and interstitial lung diseases (ILD), affect many individuals worldwide. Patients with these chronic lung diseases are susceptible to respiratory lung infections and some of these viral infections can contribute to disease pathogenesis. This review highlights the associations of lung infect...

Lesson 19 : Noninfectious Adult Diseases

Intradermal tests in dermatology-II: tests for noninfectious diseases.

antigens can also be applied on to the kin surface and skin prick testing (SPT) can be performed. Common allergens Intradermal tests are widely used to support the diagnosis of that are tested in skin prick tes are food, fungi, epthelia, dermatological and nondermatological diseases. They are pollens and mites. Intradermal tests can be done for similar mainly indicated for the detection of imme...

Noninfectious inflammatory central nervous system diseases in dogs.

Inflammatory diseases of the central nervous system are often challenging to diagnose. Necrotizing meningoencephalitis, necrotizing leukoencephalitis, and granulomatous meningoencephalomyelitis have characteristic locations of lesions on histopathologic examination and, therefore, characteristic findings from advanced imaging. Together with clinical signs and clinicopathologic data, these chara...

Asbestos-related Lung Diseases: A Brief Update

Health risks from asbestos exposures have been evaluated, considering past professional histories when exposures at workplaces were higher than today. A linear no-threshold (LNT) model has been applied, although its relevance is unproven. Fibers are often found in the lungs and pleura of deceased people. Fiber findings do not prove that a disease is caused by asbestos. It is reasonable to assum...