Acute Lung Transplant Rejection Anna Sienko Acute allograft rejection is defined as a cell-mediated process characterized by perivascular mononuclear cell infiltrate composed of T-cells. Most lung transplant recipients experience at…
Agents of Biologic and Chemical Warfare Biologic and chemical agents have been weaponized to produce diseases. Many of these agents are not commonly encountered by clinicians or pathologists in their…
Mycobacteria Mycobacterial infections include tuberculosis, a historic and very important infection found worldwide, and atypical mycobacterial infections. Tuberculosis is the most important infectious disease in the developing countries, transmitted by…
Introduction Lung transplantation remains an acceptable treatment option for patients with advanced end-stage lung disease. In the United States the most frequent indications for lung transplantation are emphysema, cystic fibrosis,…
Rickettsia and Related Organisms Rickettsia and related organisms are obligate intracellular gram-negative organisms that belong to the subdivision of α-proteobacteria, with a lifecycle that includes both vertebrate and invertebrate (arthropods)…
Mycoplasma Alvaro C. Laga Philip T. Cagle Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection is typically a disease of otherwise healthy adolescents and adults and is a common pathogen in this population. Approximately 20%…
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (Idiopathic Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia) Alvaro C. Laga Timothy C. Allen Philip T. Cagle Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia (COP), formerly termed idiopathic bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (idiopathic BOOP),…
Nonspecific Interstitial Pneumonia Alvaro C. Laga Timothy C. Allen Philip T. Cagle Nonspecific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP) is defined as a chronic idiopathic interstitial pneumonia that is temporally “uniform” (the process…
