Collapse therapy using endobronchial valves as a new approach to treat cavities in MDR tuberculosis and selected cases of mycobacteriosis: Case series report

Lorenzo Corbetta (Florence, Italy), Lorenzo Corbetta, Pier Giorgio Rogasi, Ariela Tofani, Lucio Michieletto, Fausto Leoncini, Flavio Montinaro, Stefano Orsi, Loris Ceron

Source: International Congress 2015 – Advances in therapeutic bronchoscopy
Session: Advances in therapeutic bronchoscopy
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 4878
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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Lorenzo Corbetta (Florence, Italy), Lorenzo Corbetta, Pier Giorgio Rogasi, Ariela Tofani, Lucio Michieletto, Fausto Leoncini, Flavio Montinaro, Stefano Orsi, Loris Ceron. Collapse therapy using endobronchial valves as a new approach to treat cavities in MDR tuberculosis and selected cases of mycobacteriosis: Case series report. Eur Respir J 2015; 46: Suppl. 59, 4878

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