Contents
Osteoprotegerin/sRANKL Signaling System in Pulmonary
Sarcoidosis: A Bronchoalveolar Lavage Study................ 1
W. Naumnik, B. Naumnik, W. Niklin ́ska, M. Ossolin ́ska,
and E. Chyczewska
Ambient PM2.5 Exposure and Mortality Due to Lung Cancer
and Cardiopulmonary Diseases in Polish Cities............... 9
Artur J. Badyda, James Grellier, and Piotr Da ̨browiecki
Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria: Classification, Diagnostics,
and Therapy.......................................... 19
I. Porvaznik, I. Solovicˇ, and J. Mokry ́
Diagnosis of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis................ 27
E. Swoboda-Kopec ́, M. Sikora, K. Piskorska, M. Gołas ́,
I. Netsvyetayeva, D. Przybyłowska, and E. Mierzwin ́ska-Nastalska
Rarity of Mixed Species Malaria withPlasmodium falciparum
andPlasmodium malariaein Travelers to Saarland
in Germany........................................... 35
Josef Yayan and Kurt Rasche
Antibiotics Modulate the Ability of Neutrophils to Release
Neutrophil Extracellular Traps............................ 47
Aneta Manda-Handzlik, W. Bystrzycka, S. Sieczkowska,
U. Demkow, and O. Ciepiela
Sensitivity of Next-Generation Sequencing Metagenomic
Analysis for Detection of RNA and DNA Viruses
in Cerebrospinal Fluid: The Confounding Effect
of Background Contamination............................ 53
Iwona Bukowska-Os ́ko, Karol Perlejewski, Shota Nakamura,
Daisuke Motooka, Tomasz Stokowy, Joanna Kosin ́ska,
Marta Popiel, Rafał Płoski, Andrzej Horban, Dariusz Lipowski,
Kamila Caraballo Corte ́s, Agnieszka Pawełczyk, Urszula Demkow,
Adam Ste ̨pien ́, Marek Radkowski, and Tomasz Laskus
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