Pleural infection: a retrospective study of clinical outcome and the correlation to known etiology, co-morbidity and treatment factors
Abstract Background We explored the hypothesized importance of early knowledge of microbiological etiology in patients with pleural infection, including comorbidity and treatment factors in the outcome analyses. Methods Data from the medical records of a large cohort of 437 consecutive patients in 9...
Main Authors: | Christian Niels Meyer, Karin Armbruster, Michael Kemp, Trine Rolighed Thomsen, Ram Benny Dessau, for The Danish Pleural Empyema group |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-10-01
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Series: | BMC Pulmonary Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12890-018-0726-1 |
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