Induced sputum (IS) may provide diagnostic information about the etiology of pneumonia. The safety of this procedure across a heterogeneous population with severe pneumonia in low- and middle-income ...

Previous publications [2,3] showed that inhalation exposure to an artificial flavoring mixture used in producing microwave popcorn was implicated as causing disease. In this study, we evaluated if ...

Allogeneic hematopoietic SCT (HSCT) is now widely used to treat many hematologic malignancies. Unfortunately, pulmonary complications are frequent after this type of transplantation and are a major ...

This study was conducted in a microwave popcorn plant in November 2001. Of 149 current workers, 140 participated in the survey. Of the 140 participants, 32 were excluded from sputum induction: 27 ...