2012
Rhinovirus and other respiratory viruses exert different effects on lung allograft function that are not mediated through acute rejection
Sayah DM, Koff JL, Leard LE, Hays SR, Golden JA, Singer JP. Rhinovirus and other respiratory viruses exert different effects on lung allograft function that are not mediated through acute rejection. Clinical Transplantation 2012, 27: e64-e71. PMID: 23278569, PMCID: PMC3558613, DOI: 10.1111/ctr.12054.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLung transplant recipientsAcute rejectionAllograft functionCARV infectionBiopsy-proven acute rejectionIncidence of ARLung allograft functionTransbronchial biopsy resultsReference groupChronic allograft rejectionRespiratory virus infectionsAllograft dysfunctionLung allograftsTransplant recipientsAllograft rejectionExpiratory volumePrimary outcomeRespiratory virusesAdverse outcomesClinical recordsRV infectionBaseline incidenceBiopsy resultsMonths postinfectionVirus infection
2006
Case Report: A Case of Wood-Smoke–Related Pulmonary Disease
Diaz J, Koff J, Gotway M, Nishimura S, Balmes J. Case Report: A Case of Wood-Smoke–Related Pulmonary Disease. Environmental Health Perspectives 2006, 114: 759-762. PMID: 16675433, PMCID: PMC1459932, DOI: 10.1289/ehp.8489.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPulmonary diseaseThickened bronchovascular bundlesThoracic computed tomographyChronic productive coughChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseObstructive pulmonary diseaseHealth care providersBiomass smokeExposure to biomass smokeLung biopsyProductive coughBronchovascular bundlesPulmonary nodulesLung cancerPulmonary clinicClinical progressionCarbon-laden macrophagesRespiratory manifestationsBlack plaqueHistopathological abnormalitiesFibrotic scarLung parenchymaMild symptomsAmount of smokingCare providers