Huweirini , who has worked closely with U.S. officials , was wounded in an attack Dec. 4 , the U.S. officials said .
General Huweirini , who has worked closely with the US , was wounded in the shooting on December 4 , US officials said .
The results were released at Tuesday 's meeting in Seattle of the American Thoracic Society and will be published in Thursday 's New England Journal of Medicine .