Diagnostic utility of soluble triggering receptor expression on myeloid cells-1 in complicated parapneumonic pleural effusion
Background: The differentiation between complicated parapneumonic effusions (CPPE) or empyema, which require chest tube drainage, and uncomplicated parapneumonic effusions (UCPPE), which respond to antibiotic therapy alone, is sometimes unclear. Delay in diagnosis results in substantial delay in the...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2013-10-01
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| Series: | Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0422763813001945 |