Pleural infection and complicated pneumonia

Poster Discussion
Chairs: N. Rahman (Oxford, United Kingdom), P. Tarsia (Milano (MI), Italy)
Validity of Pleural Fluid Protein in differentiating Tuberculous from Malignant Pleural Effusion
Z. Iqbal (Peshawar, Pakistan), M. Umar (Peshawar, Pakistan), M. Yousaf (Peshawar, Pakistan)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Antibiotic strategy in pleural empyema in children: research of a consensus by DELPHI method
M. Leoni (Paris, France), I. Hau (Paris, France), S. Biscardi (Paris, France), C. Jung (Paris, France), C. Delestrain (Paris, France), G. Mangiapan (Paris, France), E. Nattes (Paris, France), F. Madhi (Paris, France), R. Epaud (Paris, France)
Congress or journal article abstract
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The role of viruses in the development of pleural infection.
D. Arnold (Bristol, United Kingdom), T. Suri (Bristol, United Kingdom), F. Hamilton (Bristol, United Kingdom), A. Morley (Bristol, United Kingdom), S. Patole (Bristol, United Kingdom), A. Medford (Bristol, United Kingdom), P. Muir (Bristol, United Kingdom), N. Maskell (Bristol, United Kingdom)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Outcomes of intrapleural tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) and deoxyribnuclease (DNase) for IPC-related pleural infection
D. Fitzgerald (Perth, Australia), S. Muruganandan (Perth, Australia), J. Uribe-Becerra (Boston, United States of America), S. Tsim (Glasgow, United Kingdom), R. Asciak (Oxford, United Kingdom), S. Walker (Bristol, United Kingdom), M. Azzopardi (Birtinya, Australia), N. Rahman (Oxford, United Kingdom), N. Maskell (Bristol, United Kingdom), K. Blyth (Glasgow, United Kingdom), A. Majid (Boston, United States of America), Y. Lee (Perth, Australia)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
IPC-related pleural infection vs. colonisation - to treat or not to treat?
K. Ferguson (Glasgow, United Kingdom), K. Blyth (Glasgow, United Kingdom), S. Tsim (Glasgow, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
The role of Procalcitonin in management of pleural infections
S. Mohannad (kettering, United Kingdom), Y. Vali (kettering, United Kingdom), M. Naeem (kettering, United Kingdom), G. Tsaknis (kettering, United Kingdom), R. Reddy (kettering, United Kingdom)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
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Prevalence of Epstein barr virus in pleural effusion patients attending tertiary care hospital.
R. Garg (Lucknow, India), D. Nasar Khan (Lucknow, India), A. Jain (Lucknow, India), R. Singh Kushwaha (Lucknow, India)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Pleural empyema accuracy on Hospital Episode Statistics (HES): a validation study.
F. Hamilton (Bristol, United Kingdom), D. Arnold (Bristol, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Serum Procalcitonin for diagnosing and monitoring response in pleural infection
S. Mohammed (Kettering, United Kingdom), Y. Vali (Kettering, United Kingdom), M. Naeem (Kettering, United Kingdom), R. Reddy (Kettering, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Clinical features and prognosis of nontuberculous mycobacterial pleuritis
K. Yagi (Tokyo, Japan), A. Ito (Okayama, Japan), K. Fujiwara (Tokyo, Japan), E. Morino (Tokyo, Japan), I. Hase (Saitama, Japan), Y. Nakano (Kanagawa, Japan), T. Asakura (Tokyo, Japan), K. Furuuchi (Tokyo, Japan), S. Suzuki (Tokyo, Japan), T. Asami (Saitama, Japan), H. Namkoong (Tokyo, Japan), F. Saito (Tokyo, Japan), K. Morimoto (Tokyo, Japan), M. Ishii (Tokyo, Japan), H. Tateno (Saitama, Japan), K. Nishio (Kanagawa, Japan), Y. Oyamada (Tokyo, Japan), H. Sugiyama (Tokyo, Japan), T. Ishida (Okayama, Japan), A. Kurashima (Tokyo, Japan), N. Hasegawa (Tokyo, Japan)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Serum C-reactive protein levels predict the need for surgical intervention in patients with empyema/complicated parapneumonic pleural effusions
K. Tsuruno (Fukuoka, Japan), K. Tobino (Fukuoka, Japan)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Clinical characteristics, outcomes and factors associated with mortality in nocardia pneumonia: 10 year experience from a developing country
Y. Rahim (Karachi, Pakistan), M. Irfan (KARACHI, Pakistan)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Fungal empyema: an uncommon disease with high mortality
N. Pestana Caires (Lisbon, Portugal), S. Campos Silva (Lisbon, Portugal), J. Eurico Reis (Lisbon, Portugal), R. Gerardo (Lisbon, Portugal), M. Pinto (Lisbon, Portugal), C. Flores (Lisbon, Portugal), J. Cardoso (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Reccurent Haemorrhagic Pleural Effusion Due To Wuchereria Bancrofti
K. Utsav (Varanasi, India)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Pulmonary complications in intravenous drug users with and without human immunodeficiency virus co-infection.
K. Klester (Barnaul, Russian Federation), E. Klester (Barnaul, Russian Federation), Y. Shoikhet (Barnaul, Russian Federation), A. Zharikov (Barnaul, Russian Federation)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Modern opportunities to the diagnosis and treatment of recurrent respiratory papillomatosis with tracheal, bronchial and lung involvement
V. Molodtcova (Saint-Petersburgetersburgint, Russian Federation), I. Dvorakovskaya (Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation), I. Platonova (Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation), V. Karev (Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation), A. Akopov (Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Risk factors for parapneumonic effusion in community-asquired pneumonia
O. Brodskaya (Moscow, Russian Federation), A. Ball (Moscow, Russian Federation), M. Kevorkova (Moscow, Russian Federation), D. Glazova (Moscow, Russian Federation)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Can Neutrophil/lymphocyte Ratio, C-reactive protein (CRP) and Procalcitonin predict the hospitalization time in patients with lower tract respiratory infections ?
A. Çetinkaya (Istanbul, Turkey), M. Uysal (Istanbul, Turkey), E. Niksarlioglu (Istanbul, Turkey), A. Durna (Istanbul, Turkey), N. Orhan Ozer (Istanbul, Turkey), G. Camsari (Istanbul, Turkey)
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