Pulmonary actinomycosis during the first decade of 21st century: cases of 94 patients.

PubWeight™: 1.35‹?› | Rank: Top 10%

🔗 View Article (PMC 3658925)

Published in BMC Infect Dis on May 14, 2013

Authors

So Ri Kim, Lae Young Jung, In-Jae Oh, Young-Chul Kim, Kyeong-Cheol Shin, Min Ki Lee, Sei-Hoon Yang, Hee Sun Park, Mi-Kyung Kim, Jin Young Kwak, Soo-Jung Um, Seung Won Ra, Woo Jin Kim, Seungsoo Kim, Eu-Gene Choi, Yong Chul Lee

Articles cited by this

Pulmonary actinomycosis. Eur Respir J (2003) 3.80

Human actinomycosis. A study of 181 subjects. Hum Pathol (1973) 3.63

A study of 57 cases of actinomycosis over a 36-year period. A diagnostic 'failure' with good prognosis after treatment. Arch Intern Med (1975) 3.35

Actinomycoses and Nocardia pulmonary infections. Curr Opin Pulm Med (2006) 2.31

Actinomycosis: diagnosis and management. South Med J (2008) 2.18

Thoracic actinomycosis. Thorax (1957) 2.11

Thoracic actinomycosis. Thorax (1973) 1.95

Thoracic actinomycosis. Chest (1993) 1.62

A survey of thoracic actinomycosis. Respir Med (1990) 1.57

Thoracic actinomycosis: CT findings. Radiology (1998) 1.56

Optimal duration of IV and oral antibiotics in the treatment of thoracic actinomycosis. Chest (2005) 1.53

Thoracic actinomycosis: CT features with histopathologic correlation. AJR Am J Roentgenol (2006) 1.49

The roentgen manifestations of thoracic actinomycosis. Am J Roentgenol Radium Ther Nucl Med (1970) 1.39

Actinomycosis: CT findings in six patients. AJR Am J Roentgenol (1987) 1.39

Thoracic actinomycosis: CT findings in eight patients. Radiology (1992) 1.35

Medical management of pulmonary actinomycosis: data from 49 consecutive cases. J Antimicrob Chemother (2009) 1.29

Treatment of thoracic actinomycosis: A retrospective analysis of 40 patients. Ann Thorac Med (2010) 1.28

Thoracic actinomycosis. Scand J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1989) 1.21

Actinomycosis involving the chest wall: CT findings. AJR Am J Roentgenol (1982) 1.04

The role of surgery in hemoptysis caused by thoracic actinomycosis; a forgotten disease. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2003) 0.99

Pulmonary actinomycosis in Korea. Respirology (1999) 0.98

Surgical considerations for pulmonary actinomycosis. Ann Thorac Surg (2002) 0.97

Thoracic actinomycosis. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (1998) 0.96

Pulmonary actinomycosis: a study of 16 cases from Central Chest Hospital. J Med Assoc Thai (1999) 0.93

Report of eight cases of pulmonary actinomycosis and their treatment with imipenem-cilastatin. Monaldi Arch Chest Dis (1999) 0.89

Pulmonary fungal infection. Survey of 159 cases with surgical implications. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1982) 0.88

Pulmonary actinomycosis: surgical considerations. Monaldi Arch Chest Dis (1996) 0.80

Case report: actinomycosis: multinodular pulmonary involvement. Am J Med Sci (1994) 0.79

[Thoracic actinomycosis: clinical, radiological, and pathological findings in 11 cases]. Nihon Kokyuki Gakkai Zasshi (2003) 0.79

Articles by these authors

Can vascularity at power Doppler US help predict thyroid malignancy? Radiology (2010) 3.04

Ultrasonography and the ultrasound-based management of thyroid nodules: consensus statement and recommendations. Korean J Radiol (2011) 2.49

Biopsy of thyroid nodules: comparison of three sets of guidelines. AJR Am J Roentgenol (2010) 2.38

Silica-coated gold nanorods as photoacoustic signal nanoamplifiers. Nano Lett (2011) 2.28

Genome-wide association analysis identifies new lung cancer susceptibility loci in never-smoking women in Asia. Nat Genet (2012) 2.26

Malignancy risk stratification in thyroid nodules with nondiagnostic results at cytologic examination: combination of thyroid imaging reporting and data system and the Bethesda System. Radiology (2014) 2.14

Exertional desaturation as a predictor of rapid lung function decline in COPD. Respiration (2012) 2.09

Whole-body metabolic tumour volume of 18F-FDG PET/CT improves the prediction of prognosis in small cell lung cancer. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging (2012) 2.04

Serum irisin levels in new-onset type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Res Clin Pract (2013) 2.03

Enhanced thermal stability of silica-coated gold nanorods for photoacoustic imaging and image-guided therapy. Opt Express (2010) 1.75

Ectopic pancreas: CT findings with emphasis on differentiation from small gastrointestinal stromal tumor and leiomyoma. Radiology (2009) 1.69

Inadequate cytology in thyroid nodules: should we repeat aspiration or follow-up? Ann Surg Oncol (2011) 1.67

Association between polymorphisms of ERCC1 and XPD and survival in non-small-cell lung cancer patients treated with cisplatin combination chemotherapy. Lung Cancer (2004) 1.57

Predictors of the response to gefitinib in refractory non-small cell lung cancer. Clin Cancer Res (2005) 1.51

Clinical application of the BI-RADS final assessment to breast sonography in conjunction with mammography. AJR Am J Roentgenol (2008) 1.50

Prospects of molecular photoacoustic imaging at 1064 nm wavelength. Opt Lett (2010) 1.48

Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome and its association with cardiovascular diseases in Korea. J Korean Med Sci (2004) 1.45

Prospective comparison of clinical and genomic multivariate predictors of response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer. Clin Cancer Res (2010) 1.44

Preoperative staging of papillary thyroid carcinoma: comparison of ultrasound imaging and CT. AJR Am J Roentgenol (2009) 1.43

Additional BRAF mutation analysis may have additional diagnostic value in thyroid nodules with "suspicious for malignant" cytology alone even when the nodules do not show suspicious US features. Endocrine (2014) 1.42

Heme oxygenase in the regulation of vascular biology: from molecular mechanisms to therapeutic opportunities. Antioxid Redox Signal (2010) 1.41

Integrative and comparative genomic analysis of lung squamous cell carcinomas in East Asian patients. J Clin Oncol (2013) 1.40

US-guided fine-needle aspiration of thyroid nodules: indications, techniques, results. Radiographics (2008) 1.38

Diagnostic performance of gray-scale US and elastography in solid thyroid nodules. Radiology (2012) 1.37

Impact of oxidative stress on lung diseases. Respirology (2009) 1.34

Interobserver agreement in assessing the sonographic and elastographic features of malignant thyroid nodules. AJR Am J Roentgenol (2009) 1.32

Interobserver and intraobserver variations in ultrasound assessment of thyroid nodules. Thyroid (2010) 1.31

Thyroglobulin measurement in fine-needle aspirate washouts: the criteria for neck node dissection for patients with thyroid cancer. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) (2008) 1.30

The diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy and the sonographic differences between benign and malignant thyroid nodules 3 cm or larger. Thyroid (2011) 1.26

Dietary patterns associated with bone mineral density in premenopausal Japanese farmwomen. Am J Clin Nutr (2006) 1.24

Suppression of Nrf2-driven heme oxygenase-1 enhances the chemosensitivity of lung cancer A549 cells toward cisplatin. Lung Cancer (2007) 1.24

Detection and comparison of peptide nucleic acid-mediated real-time polymerase chain reaction clamping and direct gene sequencing for epidermal growth factor receptor mutations in patients with non-small cell lung cancer. Lung Cancer (2011) 1.24

Peroxisome proliferator activated receptor-gamma modulates reactive oxygen species generation and activation of nuclear factor-kappaB and hypoxia-inducible factor 1alpha in allergic airway disease of mice. J Allergy Clin Immunol (2006) 1.23

In vivo three-dimensional spectroscopic photoacoustic imaging for monitoring nanoparticle delivery. Biomed Opt Express (2011) 1.22

Unfolded protein response to autophagy as a promising druggable target for anticancer therapy. Ann N Y Acad Sci (2012) 1.21

Responses to inhaled long-acting beta-agonist and corticosteroid according to COPD subtype. Respir Med (2009) 1.21

Differences in classification of COPD group using COPD assessment test (CAT) or modified Medical Research Council (mMRC) dyspnea scores: a cross-sectional analyses. BMC Pulm Med (2013) 1.21

Educational disparities in the metabolic syndrome in a rapidly changing society--the case of South Korea. Int J Epidemiol (2005) 1.20

CT findings in hydrocarbon pneumonitis after diesel fuel siphonage. AJR Am J Roentgenol (2009) 1.18

Endoplasmic reticulum stress-induced activation of activating transcription factor 6 decreases insulin gene expression via up-regulation of orphan nuclear receptor small heterodimer partner. Endocrinology (2008) 1.18

Sonographic differentiation of thyroid nodules with eggshell calcifications. J Ultrasound Med (2008) 1.17

How to approach thyroid nodules with indeterminate cytology. Ann Surg Oncol (2010) 1.16

Cytological results of ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration cytology for thyroid nodules: emphasis on correlation with sonographic findings. Yonsei Med J (2011) 1.16

Retreatment of gefitinib in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer who previously controlled to gefitinib: a single-arm, open-label, phase II study. Lung Cancer (2012) 1.14

Role of the neutrophil-lymphocyte count ratio in the differential diagnosis between pulmonary tuberculosis and bacterial community-acquired pneumonia. Ann Lab Med (2013) 1.14

Transglutaminase 2 as a cisplatin resistance marker in non-small cell lung cancer. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol (2009) 1.13

Partially cystic thyroid nodules on ultrasound: probability of malignancy and sonographic differentiation. Thyroid (2009) 1.13

Diagnostic approach for evaluation of lymph node metastasis from thyroid cancer using ultrasound and fine-needle aspiration biopsy. AJR Am J Roentgenol (2010) 1.12

Prognostic significance of molecular genetic aberrations on chromosome segment 11p15.5 in non-small-cell lung cancer. J Clin Oncol (2002) 1.12

Expression of cancer-testis antigens MAGE-A3/6 and NY-ESO-1 in non-small-cell lung carcinomas and their relationship with immune cell infiltration. Lung (2009) 1.12

Involvement of IL-10 in peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma-mediated anti-inflammatory response in asthma. Mol Pharmacol (2005) 1.12

Xenon ventilation imaging using dual-energy computed tomography in asthmatics: initial experience. Invest Radiol (2010) 1.11

Detection of EGFR mutations in circulating free DNA by PNA-mediated PCR clamping. J Exp Clin Cancer Res (2013) 1.10

Effectiveness of sputum cytology using ThinPrep method for evaluation of lung cancer. Diagn Cytopathol (2008) 1.10

Bcr-Abl-independent imatinib-resistant K562 cells show aberrant protein acetylation and increased sensitivity to histone deacetylase inhibitors. J Pharmacol Exp Ther (2007) 1.10

Advances in Clinical and Biomedical Applications of Photoacoustic Imaging. Expert Opin Med Diagn (2010) 1.09

Preoperative prediction of central lymph node metastasis in thyroid papillary microcarcinoma using clinicopathologic and sonographic features. World J Surg (2013) 1.09

A novel thiol compound, N-acetylcysteine amide, attenuates allergic airway disease by regulating activation of NF-kappaB and hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha. Exp Mol Med (2007) 1.09

SMAD6 contributes to patient survival in non-small cell lung cancer and its knockdown reestablishes TGF-beta homeostasis in lung cancer cells. Cancer Res (2008) 1.09

Impact of preoperative ultrasonography and fine-needle aspiration of axillary lymph nodes on surgical management of primary breast cancer. Ann Surg Oncol (2010) 1.09

Interobserver variability of ultrasound elastography: how it affects the diagnosis of breast lesions. AJR Am J Roentgenol (2011) 1.09

Inhibition of endoplasmic reticulum stress alleviates lipopolysaccharide-induced lung inflammation through modulation of NF-κB/HIF-1α signaling pathway. Sci Rep (2013) 1.08

IL-2-controlled expression of multiple T cell trafficking genes and Th2 cytokines in the regulatory T cell-deficient scurfy mice: implication to multiorgan inflammation and control of skin and lung inflammation. J Immunol (2010) 1.08

Thyroid nodules with macrocalcification: sonographic findings predictive of malignancy. Yonsei Med J (2014) 1.08

Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma agonist down-regulates IL-17 expression in a murine model of allergic airway inflammation. J Immunol (2009) 1.07

Chemical Components of Paecilomyces tenuipes (Peck) Samson. Mycobiology (2007) 1.07

Analysis of false-negative results after US-guided 14-gauge core needle breast biopsy. Eur Radiol (2009) 1.06

Spontaneous hemomediastinum and hemothorax caused by a ruptured bronchial artery aneurysm. Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2011) 1.06

Pulmonary benign metastasizing leiomyoma in a postmenopausal woman. Am J Med Sci (2009) 1.06

Lung cancer patients who are asymptomatic at diagnosis show favorable prognosis: a korean Lung Cancer Registry Study. Lung Cancer (2008) 1.05

Treatment of Non-small Cell Lung Carcinoma after Failure of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor. Cancer Res Treat (2013) 1.05

Clear cell hidradenoma of the axilla: a case report with literature review. Korean J Radiol (2010) 1.05

Endoplasmic reticulum stress-induced activation of activating transcription factor 6 decreases cAMP-stimulated hepatic gluconeogenesis via inhibition of CREB. Endocrinology (2009) 1.05

Quantitative CT color mapping of the arterial enhancement fraction of the liver to detect hepatocellular carcinoma. Radiology (2009) 1.05

Catamenial hemoptysis: a nationwide analysis in Korea. Respiration (2009) 1.04

Pectin-like acidic polysaccharide from Panax ginseng with selective antiadhesive activity against pathogenic bacteria. Carbohydr Res (2006) 1.04

Genetic polymorphisms affecting clinical outcomes in epithelial ovarian cancer patients treated with taxanes and platinum compounds: a Korean population-based study. Gynecol Oncol (2009) 1.04

Multiplex photoacoustic molecular imaging using targeted silica-coated gold nanorods. Biomed Opt Express (2011) 1.04

Positive predictive values of sonographic features of solid thyroid nodule. Clin Imaging (2010) 1.04

Modulation of the pharmacokinetics of zinc oxide nanoparticles and their fates in vivo. Nanoscale (2013) 1.03