ERS International Congress, Milan 2017

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Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2017; 50: Suppl. 61, abstract number.

CC1 Life-threatening mediastinitis and TB

Challenging clinical cases
Chairs: K. Athanassiadi (Athens, Greece)
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(1) to describe how lung TB can worsen rapidly and lead to unfavourable outcomes, and how such cases require close collaboration between pulmonologists and surgeons and timely referral of the patient to a surgeon; and (2) to present the need for a multidisciplinary team that can provide an adequate initial treatment for descending mediastinitis, and to describe the diagnostic and therapeutic algorithm that is essential for adequately treating this life-threatening infection.

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Lung TB: from easy to treat to nightmare P. Yablonsky (St Petersburg, Russian Federation)
Life-threatening descending mediastinitis: is there space for conservative treatment? S. Elia (Rome, Italy)