Therapeutic strategies in pneumonia: going beyond antibiotics

Dysregulation of the innate immune system drives lung injury and its systemic sequelae due to breakdown of vascular barrier function, harmful hyperinflammation and microcirculatory failure, which contribute to the unfavourable outcome of patients with severe pneumonia. A variety of promising therape...

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Main Authors: Holger Müller-Redetzky, Jasmin Lienau, Norbert Suttorp, Martin Witzenrath
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Respiratory Society 2015-09-01
Series:European Respiratory Review
Online Access:http://err.ersjournals.com/content/24/137/516.full