| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
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| 1 | Methods for Staging Non-small Cell Lung Cancer | Chest | 2013 | 1,218 |
| 2 | Anti-tumour necrosis factor agents and tuberculosis risk: mechanisms of action and clinical management | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2003 | 710 |
| 3 | Incidence of Serious Side Effects from First-Line Antituberculosis Drugs among Patients Treated for Active Tuberculosis | American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine | 2003 | 681 |
| 4 | Risk of Clostridium difficile diarrhea among hospital inpatients prescribed proton pump inhibitors: cohort and case-control studies | Cmaj | 2004 | 499 |
| 5 | The epidemiology, pathogenesis, transmission, diagnosis, and management of multidrug-resistant, extensively drug-resistant, and incurable tuberculosis | Lancet Respiratory Medicine,the | 2017 | 459 |
| 6 | Treatment correlates of successful outcomes in pulmonary multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: an individual patient data meta-analysis | Lancet, The | 2018 | 452 |
| 7 | Point-of-Care Testing for Infectious Diseases: Diversity, Complexity, and Barriers in Low- And Middle-Income Countries | PLoS Medicine | 2012 | 447 |
| 8 | Multidrug Resistant Pulmonary Tuberculosis Treatment Regimens and Patient Outcomes: An Individual Patient Data Meta-analysis of 9,153 Patients | PLoS Medicine | 2012 | 430 |
| 9 | Reference Values for a Multiple Repetition 6-Minute Walk Test in Healthy Adults Older Than 20 Years | Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention | 2001 | 429 |
| 10 | False-positive tuberculin skin tests: what is the absolute effect of BCG and non-tuberculous mycobacteria? | International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease | 2006 | 424 |
| 11 | Tuberculosis among Health-Care Workers in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review | PLoS Medicine | 2006 | 422 |
| 12 | Effects of benralizumab on airway eosinophils in asthmatic patients with sputum eosinophilia | Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology | 2013 | 422 |
| 13 | Accuracy of Rapid Influenza Diagnostic Tests | Annals of Internal Medicine | 2012 | 408 |
| 14 | Patient adherence in COPD | Thorax | 2008 | 403 |
| 15 | Daily Living With Distress and Enrichment: The Moral Experience of Families With Ventilator-Assisted Children at Home | Pediatrics | 2006 | 356 |
| 16 | Resistance to fluoroquinolones and second-line injectable drugs: impact on multidrug-resistant TB outcomes | European Respiratory Journal | 2013 | 346 |
| 17 | The cascade of care in diagnosis and treatment of latent tuberculosis infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2016 | 334 |
| 18 | Human respiratory muscle actions and control during exercise | Journal of Applied Physiology | 1997 | 295 |
| 19 | Risk of tuberculosis infection and disease associated with work in health care settings | International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease | 2007 | 282 |
| 20 | Peripheral Blood CCR4+CCR6+ and CXCR3+CCR6+ CD4+ T Cells Are Highly Permissive to HIV-1 Infection | Journal of Immunology | 2010 | 279 |
| 21 | Underreporting Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in a Longitudinal Cohort | American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine | 2008 | 262 |
| 22 | Guidelines for the Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection: Recommendations from the National Tuberculosis Controllers Association and CDC, 2020 | MMWR Recommendations and Reports | 2020 | 262 |
| 23 | Adverse reactions to first-line antituberculosis drugs | Expert Opinion on Drug Safety | 2006 | 256 |
| 24 | Xpert MTB/RIF assay for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis | Lancet Respiratory Medicine,the | 2015 | 246 |
| 25 | Prevention of Acute Exacerbations of COPD | Chest | 2015 | 230 |
| 26 | IL-17 Promotes p38 MAPK-Dependent Endothelial Activation Enhancing Neutrophil Recruitment to Sites of Inflammation | Journal of Immunology | 2010 | 229 |
| 27 | A theoretical analysis of the effect of airway smooth muscle load on airway narrowing. | American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine | 1996 | 227 |
| 28 | Drug resistance beyond extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis: individual patient data meta-analysis | European Respiratory Journal | 2013 | 226 |
| 29 | Interferon-gamma release assays and childhood tuberculosis: systematic review and meta-analysis [Review article] | International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease | 2011 | 214 |
| 30 | Differences in Airway Cytokine Profile in Severe Asthma Compared to Moderate Asthma | Chest | 2008 | 207 |
| 31 | Treatment of isoniazid-resistant tuberculosis with first-line drugs: a systematic review and meta-analysis | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2017 | 196 |
| 32 | The Physiology of Small Airways | American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine | 1998 | 187 |
| 33 | Airway inflammation assessed by invasive and noninvasive means in severe asthma: Eosinophilic and noneosinophilic phenotypes | Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology | 2006 | 185 |
| 34 | Adverse Events with 4 Months of Rifampin Therapy or 9 Months of Isoniazid Therapy for Latent Tuberculosis Infection | Annals of Internal Medicine | 2008 | 180 |
| 35 | Characteristics of COPD in never-smokers and ever-smokers in the general population: results from the CanCOLD study | Thorax | 2015 | 178 |
| 36 | Economic Benefits of Self-Management Education in COPD | Chest | 2006 | 171 |
| 37 | Effect of Duration and Intermittency of Rifampin on Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis | PLoS Medicine | 2009 | 169 |
| 38 | Treatment of latent tuberculosis infection: An update | Respirology | 2010 | 167 |
| 39 | Hospital Ventilation and Risk for Tuberculous Infection in Canadian Health Care Workers | Annals of Internal Medicine | 2000 | 165 |
| 40 | What Does Tuberculin Reactivity after Bacille Calmette-Guérin Vaccination Tell Us? | Clinical Infectious Diseases | 2000 | 164 |
| 41 | Standardized Treatment of Active Tuberculosis in Patients with Previous Treatment and/or with Mono-resistance to Isoniazid: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis | PLoS Medicine | 2009 | 159 |
| 42 | Allosteric folding correction of F508del and rare CFTR mutants by elexacaftor-tezacaftor-ivacaftor (Trikafta) combination | JCI Insight | 2020 | 159 |
| 43 | Treatment of Active Tuberculosis in HIV‐Coinfected Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis | Clinical Infectious Diseases | 2010 | 158 |
| 44 | Long-term (5 year) safety of bronchial thermoplasty: Asthma Intervention Research (AIR) trial | BMC Pulmonary Medicine | 2011 | 158 |
| 45 | Treatment Completion and Costs of a Randomized Trial of Rifampin for 4 Months versus Isoniazid for 9 Months | American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine | 2004 | 155 |
| 46 | Drug-associated adverse events in the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: an individual patient data meta-analysis | Lancet Respiratory Medicine,the | 2020 | 155 |
| 47 | Major Mycobacterium tuberculosis Lineages Associate with Patient Country of Origin | Journal of Clinical Microbiology | 2009 | 154 |
| 48 | Initial Drug Resistance and Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis | Annals of Internal Medicine | 2008 | 151 |
| 49 | Incidence of acute hepatitis C virus infection among men who have sex with men with and without HIV infection: a systematic review | Sexually Transmitted Infections | 2012 | 146 |
| 50 | Effects of written action plan adherence on COPD exacerbation recovery | Thorax | 2011 | 141 |
