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Management of pleural infection in 2018

Symposium
Chairs: E. Polverino (Barcelona, Spain), N. Rahman (Oxford, United Kingdom)
Aims: to highlight the increasing incidence of pleural infection across all age groups; to identify validated prognostic scores at presentation and those at highest risk of mortality; to discuss the best radiological investigations in this setting; to summarise the best way of managing medically and surgically these patients; to identify the microbiological spectrum or the disease and best antimicrobials to treat these infections; to summarise the best way to manage paediatric pleural infection.

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How can radiology assist in the diagnosis and management of pleural infection A. Edey (Bristol (Avon), United Kingdom)
Medical management of pleural infection M. Fartoukh (Paris, France)
Surgical management of pleural infection - who to operate on and when S. Elia (Roma (RM), Italy)
Paediatric management of pleural infection A. Jaffe (Randwick (NSW), Australia)