Joon Chang

TL;DR: Delamanid was associated with an increase in sputum-culture conversion at 2 months among patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, and this finding suggests that delamanid could enhance treatment options for multi-drug- resistant tuberculosis.

TL;DR: Differences exist in the bacterial communities of patients with lung cancer and those with benign mass-like lesions, and the genera Veillonella and Megasphaera showed the potential to serve as biomarkers to predict lung cancer.

TL;DR: Elotinib seems to be a potential therapeutic option for the treatment of advanced NSCLC patients with wild-type EGFR who had SD while receiving gefitinib, and among 17 patients with biomarker results available, those lacking EGFR mutations who hadSD while receivinggefit inib showed significantly higher DCR and RR.

TL;DR: Patients in the ICU, colonized with MDR AB, should be considered for minimizing invasive procedures and early removal of the invasive devices to prevent development of MDRAB bacteremia.

TL;DR: Sarcopenia is very common in patients with stable COPD, and is associated with more severe dyspnea-scale scores and lower exercise tolerance, and systemic inflammation could be an important contributor to sarcopenia in thestable COPD population.