Presse Med
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BRONCHIAL SUPERINFECTIONS: Macrolides are first-line antibiotics for acute bronchitis and infectious complications of chronic bronchitis.
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ENDOMETRIAL RESECTION: Whether resection is total or partial, the superficial layer of the myometrium is exposed to a certain degree of damage.
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A LOGICAL HYPOTHESIS: Recent publications raise the question of an association between Chlamydia pneumoniae and asthma. There has been no formal proof justifying routine search for C.pneumoniae in patients with uncontrolled asthma nor for systematic treatment with an antibiotic.
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Review
[Action of cytokines IL-12 and IL-4 on T helper cells. Cellular immunity or humoral immunity?].
TWO SUBSETS OF T-HELPER CELLS: T-helpers are divided into two subpopulations called Th1 and Th2 depending on the pattern of cytokines they produce. These mutually antagonist subpopulations exert different functions: Th1 cells control cellular immunity whereas Th2 cells control humoral immunity.
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SPECIFIC EPIDEMIOLOGY: Respiratory infections predominate in the elderly; community acquired infections can be quite severe. In hospital, urinary infections predominate.