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Tezepelumab in a case of severe asthma exacerbation and influenza-pneumonia on VV-ECMO Tezepelumab 在一例重症哮喘加重和流感肺炎 VV-ECMO 患者中的应用

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Respiratory Medicine Case Reports Pub Date : 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2024.102057

E. Grasmuk-Siegl , E. Xhelili , D. Doberer , M.H. Urban , A. Valipour

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EPSTEIN-BARR virus pneumonitis in a immunocompetent young adult 一名免疫功能正常的年轻成人患上埃普斯坦-巴雷病毒肺炎

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Respiratory Medicine Case Reports Pub Date : 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2024.102080

Jawad Hindy , Tova Rainis

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Paraneoplastic pemphigus with airway involvement 气道受累的副肿瘤性天疱疮

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Respiratory Medicine Case Reports Pub Date : 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2024.102085

Oscar A. Estrada Paz, Timothy J. Young

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Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: A great mimic 慢性血栓栓塞性肺动脉高压：一个伟大的模仿者

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Respiratory Medicine Case Reports Pub Date : 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2024.102099

Christopher B. Arant , Carver N. Arant , Davis E. Bobbitt

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Post-infective neuromuscular hyperexcitability syndrome in a young man with cystic fibrosis: A case report 一名患有囊性纤维化的年轻人感染后神经肌肉过度兴奋综合征：病例报告

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Respiratory Medicine Case Reports Pub Date : 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2024.102139

Roberta Maria Antonello , Beatrice Borchi , Annalisa Cavallo , Jessica Mencarini , Gianmarco Somma , Alessandro Bartoloni , Antonello Grippo , Alessandro Barilaro , Antonio Lotti , Silvia Bresci

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Organizing pneumonia secondary to pulmonary cryptococcosis in immunocompromised patient 免疫力低下患者继发于肺隐球菌病的组织性肺炎

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Respiratory Medicine Case Reports Pub Date : 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2023.101975

Zentaro Saito , Takanori Ito , Takuma Imakita , Issei Oi , Osamu Kanai , Kohei Fujita

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Lung consolidation in a young-age active smoker: An unexpected diagnosis 一名年轻活跃的吸烟者肺部合并症：意外诊断

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Respiratory Medicine Case Reports Pub Date : 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2023.101977

F.R. Bertuccio , N. Baio , V. Chino , V. Ferroni , S. Montini , L. Pisanu , A. Cascina , V. Conio , A.G. Corsico , G.M. Stella

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Analysis of three cases with false positive PCR results of non tuberculosis mycobacterium 对三例非结核分枝杆菌 PCR 结果假阳性病例的分析

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Respiratory Medicine Case Reports Pub Date : 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2023.101973

Wenwen Jin , Jing Wang , Xin Yang

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Never too old: A case of fatal epstein barr virus pneumonia in an immunocompetent adult 永远不会太老一例免疫功能正常的成年人感染致命性巴氏上腺病毒肺炎的病例

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Respiratory Medicine Case Reports Pub Date : 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2023.101970

Carl Tanba, Omar Almaadawy, Nahar Saleh

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Pneumonia due to Pasteurella multocida, case report and considerations 多杀性巴氏杆菌引起的肺炎：病例报告与思考

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Respiratory Medicine Case Reports Pub Date : 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2023.101971

Elizabeth Espinosa Vega , Alfredo Fonseca Negrín , Luis Ángel Iglesias Sánchez

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