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Kanner R, Johnston MV. Invited Article: Residency Review Committee for Neurology: Structure and function. Neurology 2008; 71:452-6. [DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000324421.21102.26] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Tashkin D, Kanner R, Bailey W, Buist S, Anderson P, Nides M, Gonzales D, Dozier G, Patel MK, Jamerson B. Smoking cessation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised trial. Lancet 2001; 357:1571-5. [PMID: 11377644 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(00)04724-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 276] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Tobacco smoking is associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in more than 80% of cases. Our aim was to investigate the effect of sustained-release bupropion (amfebutamone) (SR) in promoting abstinence from smoking in patients with COPD. METHODS In a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial 404 individuals with mild or moderate COPD who smoked 15 or more cigarettes per day, were assigned bupropion SR (150 mg twice daily) or placebo for 12 weeks. All patients received smoking cessation counselling. Study medication was taken for 1 week before patients attempted to stop smoking. The primary efficacy endpoint was the complete and continuous abstinence from smoking from the beginning of week 4 to the end of week 7. Participants were followed up at month 6. Analysis was by intention to treat. FINDINGS All patients were chronic smokers with a smoking history of about 51 pack-years. Continuous smoking abstinence rates from week 4 to 7 were significantly higher in participants receiving bupropion SR than in those receiving placebo (28% [57/204] vs 16% [32/200], p=0.003). Continuous abstinence rates from weeks 4 to 12 (18% [36/204] vs 10% [20/200]) and weeks 4 to 26 (16% [32/204] vs 9% [18/200]) were also higher in participants receiving bupropion SR than in those taking placebo (p<0.05). Furthermore, symptoms of tobacco craving and withdrawal were attenuated in those receiving bupropion SR. Seven individuals discontinued study medication because of adverse events. INTERPRETATION Bupropion SRis a well-tolerated and effective aid to smoking cessation in people with mild to moderate COPD.
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- D Tashkin
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, 90095, Los Angeles CA, USA.
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- R Kanner
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Department of Neurology, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, New York, USA.
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- W Jing
- Department of Medicine, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New Hyde Park, NY 11040, USA
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Hill CS, Rogers AG, Audell LG, Kanner R, Miaskowski C, Paice J. Management of pain in special populations of cancer patients. Oncology (Williston Park) 1998; 12:573, 576-9, 583-4 passim. [PMID: 9575529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- C S Hill
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
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Schneider LB, Libman RB, Kanner R. Utility of repeat brain imaging in stroke. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 1996; 17:1259-63. [PMID: 8871709 PMCID: PMC8338518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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PURPOSE To determine the utility of repeat brain imaging in patients with stroke. METHODS We reviewed the medical records of 98 consecutive patients in whom stroke was diagnosed between January 1 and December 31, 1991. We noted the number of brain scans performed, the indications cited, and whether repeat imaging changed the therapeutic decisions or final diagnosis. RESULTS Ninety-eight patients underwent 221 procedures, with 123 repeat imaging studies (98 CT scans and 25 MR images). Sixteen patients had only one scan; 51 had two, and 31 had three or more. Indications for repeat imaging were explicitly documented in 62 (50%) of 123 repeated scans and inferred in another 41 (33%). In 20 (16%), no definite indication could be determined. Indications included lack of acute abnormal imaging findings on the initial scan (n = 48, 39%); compliance with stroke research protocol (n = 11, 9%). In none of the 82 patients did the repeated scan change the diagnosis; therapy was changed in only two (2%) of 82 patients (aspirin was discontinued). CONCLUSIONS Repeat imaging in patients rarely results in changes in the initial diagnosis or the therapeutic plan; indications for repeat imaging are frequently not clearly stated; in certain groups of patients with stroke, repeat imaging may not be useful.
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- L B Schneider
- Department of Neurology, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New Hyde Park, NY 11042, USA
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Wise RA, Connett J, Kurnow K, Grill J, Johnson L, Kanner R, Enright P. Selection of spirometric measurements in a clinical trial, the Lung Health Study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1995; 151:675-81. [PMID: 7881655 DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.151.3.7881655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Although current recommendations for spirometry require that the largest value of FEV1 and FVC should be taken from the largest values of different maneuvers, the validity of this approach was recently questioned. It has been suggested that selection of the maneuver with the largest peak flow or the maneuver with the largest FVC should be used for measurement of spirometric indices. The present analysis was therefore undertaken to determine which method of selection of spirometric maneuvers would give the least short-term variability in a clinical trial population. We examined the spirometry test sessions from 5,885 individuals with mild to moderate chronic airflow obstruction who were screened at two visits 24.9 +/- 17.1 d apart for entry into a multi-center clinical trial, the Lung Health Study. We compared eight potential selection methods for FEV1 and FVC. Using these different selection methods, the coefficient of variation ranged from 4.1 to 4.9% for FEV1 and from 3.5 to 5.7% for FVC. The average absolute difference between the two test sessions ranged from 110 to 123 ml for FEV1 and from 149 to 200 ml for FVC. Although all of the methods gave good results, the mean of the three highest values and the largest single value from all maneuvers provided the least short-term variability for both FEV1 and FVC. We therefore conclude that there is no reason to change the currently recommended selection methods for FEV1 and FVC.
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- R A Wise
- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21224
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- R Kanner
- Department of Neurology, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New Hyde Park, New York 11042
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Appropriate management of pain in patients with cancer is based on accurate syndrome diagnosis and judicious selection of therapeutic modalities. This article provides guidelines for the etiological and pathophysiological understanding of cancer pain syndromes and for ways of tailoring treatment to the specific diagnosis. Neuropathic and breakthrough pains are two of the more difficult syndromes that are addressed. Pharmacological choices, the mainstay of cancer pain treatment, are discussed with special attention to pharmacodynamics and to side effects. Drug treatment in the elderly, the medically ill, and the difficult patient are covered. Psychosocial issues and a palliative care program round out the care of the cancer patient with pain.
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- R Kanner
- Department of Neurology, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, New York 11042
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Gonzales G, Herskovitz S, Portenoy R, Foley K, Kanner R. Abscesses and thalamic pain. Neurology 1992. [DOI: 10.1212/wnl.42.12.2307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Episodic paroxysmal hemicrania (EPH) is a rare disorder characterized by discrete bouts of hemicranial headache separated by headache-free remissions. Although EPH resembles episodic cluster headache in the location and quality of pain as well as the pattern of associated autonomic features, it is distinguished by the greater frequency and shorter duration of individual headaches. Differentiation of these disorders is important because EPH almost invariably responds to treatment with indomethacin but not to standard cluster headache therapy.
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- L C Newman
- Department of Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
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Gonzales GR, Herskovitz S, Rosenblum M, Foley KM, Kanner R, Brown A, Portenoy RK. Central pain from cerebral abscess: thalamic syndrome in AIDS patients with toxoplasmosis. Neurology 1992; 42:1107-9. [PMID: 1579236 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.42.5.1107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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We describe two patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) who developed classic thalamic syndrome (TS) due to Toxoplasma abscesses in the thalamic region. Treatment with amitriptyline provided substantial relief in both patients. Postmortem examination in one case revealed a lesion in the internal capsule and thalamic reticular nucleus. These observations indicate that (1) TS can result from an isolated lesion in the internal capsule and reticular nucleus of the thalamus, (2) cerebral abscess can cause classic TS, (3) central pain can be added to the many pain syndromes that afflict AIDS patients, and (4) an analgesic response to amitriptyline is possible in these patients.
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- G R Gonzales
- Department of Neurology, University of Cincinnati, OH
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Two patients with an active or recent history of opioid abuse had painful complications of cancer that required narcotic analgesic therapy. Initial pain management was difficult due to issues of distinguishing tolerance from disease progression, concurrent methadone maintenance, and drug-seeking behavioral patterns. Pain control was achieved with psychological support, medication contracts, and attention to proper dosing of opioids. Suggested guidelines for management of these cases are offered.
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- M Hoffman
- Department of Oncology Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York
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OBJECTIVE To determine if cigarette smoking is a risk factor for the development of premature facial wrinkling. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING Smoking cessation clinic and community. PATIENTS Convenience sample of 132 adult smokers and non-smokers in 1988. MEASUREMENTS A questionnaire was administered to quantify cigarette smoking and to obtain information about possibly confounding factors such as skin pigmentation, sun exposure, age, and sex. Wrinkling was assessed using photographs of the temple region, and a severity score based on predetermined criteria was assigned. A logistic regression model, which controlled for confounding variables, was developed to assess the risk for premature wrinkling in response to pack-years of smoking. MAIN RESULTS The prevalence of premature wrinkling was independently associated with sun exposure and pack-years of smoking. After controlling for age, sex, and sun exposure, premature wrinkling increased with increased pack-years of smoking. Heavy cigarette smokers (greater than 50 pack-years) were 4.7 times more likely to be wrinkled than nonsmokers (95% CI, 1.0 to 22.6; P value for trend = 0.05). Sun exposure of more than 50,000 lifetime hours also increased the risk of being excessively wrinkled 3.1-fold (CI, 1.2 to 7.1). When excessive sun exposure and cigarette smoking occurred together, the risk for developing excessive wrinkling was multiplicative (prevalence ratio of 12.0; CI, 1.5 to 530). CONCLUSION Cigarette smoking is an independent risk factor for the development of premature wrinkling.
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- D P Kadunce
- Division of Dermatology, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City 84132
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Kanner R. Rehabilitation of Patients in Pain. Neurorehabil Neural Repair 1991. [DOI: 10.1177/136140969100500301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Fifty-one cancer pain patients with limited opioid exposure participated in a randomized, double-blind, repeated-dose, parallel-group comparison of two dosage strengths of the controlled-release morphine preparation, MS Contin tablets (The Purdue Frederick Company, Norwalk, CT). The patients were first stabilized on immediate-release oral morphine 30 mg every 4 hours, with 15 mg available every 2 hours as needed for breakthrough pain ("rescue" dose). Each patient then received either one 100 mg MS Contin tablet or three 30-mg MS Contin tablets every 12 hours, with rescue medication as needed, for 3 days. Analysis of study power revealed sufficient sensitivity to detect clinically relevant differences in pain intensity and use of rescue medication. The two tablet strengths yielded similar pain relief, use of rescue medication, and frequency of side effects. In addition, pain and use of rescue medication did not change from the beginning to the end of the 12-hour dosing intervals in either group. In the study population as a whole, pain intensity was lower and total morphine intake higher during the period on controlled-release morphine. These data establish comparable analgesic efficacy and side effect potential of these two dosage strengths and confirm a 12-hour duration of effect for both. The improved analgesia on the controlled-release morphine may be attributable to increased consumption of drug resulting from improved compliance.
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- R K Portenoy
- Department of Neurology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021
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Kanner R. Pain management: four things we're not doing. Oncology (Williston Park) 1987; 1:35-6, 40. [PMID: 2484450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- R Kanner
- Unified Pain Service, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
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Dickson DW, Suzuki KI, Kanner R, Weitz S, Horoupian DS. Cerebral granular cell tumor: immunohistochemical and electron microscopic study. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 1986; 45:304-14. [PMID: 3007681 DOI: 10.1097/00005072-198605000-00013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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A rare intracerebral granular cell tumor (GCT) was studied by immunocytochemical and ultrastructural methods. The tumor was composed of two cell types--filament-rich and granular cells. Granular cells contained PAS-positive, diastase-resistant granules that ultrastructurally corresponded to autophagic cytosegresomes. Glial fibrillary acidic protein, the intermediate filament protein specific for astrocytes, was demonstrated in the filament-rich and, to a lesser extent, in the granular cells. Unlike noncerebral GCT, neither S-100 protein nor vimentin was detected in the tumor cells. On the other hand, both cerebral and noncerebral GCT were labeled immunocytochemically with peanut lectin (Arachis hypogaea). The results suggest that cerebral GCT share some features with noncerebral GCT, but differ in other respects. They further suggest that GCT may be derived from different cell types depending on the tissue of origin, and that cerebral GCT may be derived from astrocytes.
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Portenoy RK, Krupp L, Kanner R. Neurological consultation in the management of patients with systemic cancer admitted to a community hospital. Cancer Invest 1986; 4:293-6. [PMID: 3768759 DOI: 10.3109/07357908609017508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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To characterize the neurological complications of cancer patients admitted to a community hospital, the charts of all cancer patients evaluated by a neurologist during a single year were reviewed. Nine percent (N = 93) of cancer patients received neurological consultation compared to 3.6% of other patients. The neurologic problem preceded the diagnosis of cancer in 11% of patients. Complications were most common with known metastases. Neurologists frequently discovered signs not noted by the referring physician: 52 patients were paretic, with weakness reported in only 31; cranial nerve complaints were described in 3, but found in 20; sensory abnormalities were noted in 8, but found in 26. A change in mental status was confirmed in 33% and ataxia in 10%. After consultation, distant metastasis was diagnosed in 40% of patients, direct extension in 8%, metabolic encephalopathy in 14% and remote effects of cancer and side effects of cancer therapy in 4% each. Other patients had unrelated diagnoses. In most cases, the neurologic consultation let to a change in treatment, with radiotherapy directed to a symptomatic tumor mass the most common beneficial outcome.
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Kanner R, Portenoy R. Unavailability of narcotic analgesics for ambulatory cancer pain patients in New York city. Pain 1984. [DOI: 10.1016/0304-3959(84)90434-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Smith FR, Rheingold OJ, Kanner R, Rogers AI. Meckel's diverticulum. Vagaries of technetium scanning. Am J Gastroenterol 1979; 72:655-9. [PMID: 317220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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A case of a Meckel's diverticulum is described in a young man presenting with abdominal pain and gastrointestinal bleeding. Methods of arriving at the diagnosis preoperatively are reviewed. A false-negative as well as a true-positive small bowel series and technetium scan were obtained in this case. The factors influencing technetium uptake by a Meckel's diverticulum are reviewed.
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Kanner R, Weinfeld A, Tedesco FJ. Hepatic abscess-plain film findings as an early aid to diagnosis. Am J Gastroenterol 1979; 71:432-7. [PMID: 453137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Morris SJ, Kanner R, Chiprut RO, Schiff ER. Disulfiram hepatitis. Gastroenterology 1978; 75:100-2. [PMID: 401083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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A case of an adult with disulfiram-induced hepatitis is presented. An etiological role for the drug was proved when the patient underwent a provocative challenge and developed evidence of hepatocellular damage, reversible on withdrawal of the drug. Disulfiram-induced liver injury is difficult to detect in a population with a high incidence of alcohol-related hepatic disease. Liver chemistries should be screened before beginning disulfiram therapy and periodically during treatment.
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- S J Morris
- Department of Medicine, Veterans Administration Hospital, Miami, Florida 33125
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The possibility that viral infections of the respiratory tract might predispose to bacterial colonization or infection was studied in 120 patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and 30 control subjects; these individuals were observed for seven years. The ratio of the number of observed to the number of expected associations between viruses and bacteria was 2.43 (P = 0.037) for the pair influenza virus and Streptococcus pneumoniae and was 2.06 (P = 0.056) for influenza virus and Haemophilus influenzae. Consistently positive, but not significant, associations were detected between rhinovirus and herpes simplex virus infections and isolations of S. pneumoniae and H. influenzae. In contrast, isolations of the nonpathogenic Haemophilus parainfluenzae could not be related to prior viral infections. Significant rises in titer of antibody to H. influenzae were detected on 76 occasions, and 20 (26%) of these antibody rises were associated with viral or mycoplasmal infections during the preceding 120 days. The expected number of such associations was 8.34 (ratio of number observed to number expected, 2.40; P = 0.08). These results suggest that viral infections of the respiratory tract in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are associated with increased colonization by potentially pathogenic bacteria and may also predispose to infections with H. influenzae.
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