BACKGROUND So far, very few studies in the literature have reported data on the long-term follow-up of patients who have undergone surgery for giant bullous emphysema (GBE), and much still needs to be known on the late fate of these patients. AIMS To evaluate patients who have undergone elective surgery due to GBE, early and late mortality following surgery, the early and late reappearance of...

Azithromycin reaches high concentrations in phagocytic and other host cells, suggesting that they may transport this agent to specific sites of infection. Models of localized infection (Haemophilus influenzae middle ear infection in gerbils, Streptococcus pyogenes implanted contaminated paper disc and Streptococcus pneumoniae pneumonia in mice) that induced severe inflammatory response after ch...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effects of a community based, all age, all injury prevention program, the Safe Living Program, on injury risk and injury rates. DESIGN A quasiexperimental population based evaluation using an intervention and comparison community design. SETTING The intervention community (Shire of Bulla, n = 37,257) is an outer metropolitan area of Melbourne, Australia. The demogr...

The common cause of simple pneumothorax is rupture of an emphysematous bleb or bulla. The aetiology of these is uncertain. A familial predisposition has previously been suggested' and we report the incidence of concurrent spontaneous pneumothoraces in identical twins. We have found no previous report in the English literature of concurrent spontaneous pneumothorax in identical twins treated sub...