Outcome and medical and surgical treatment in pleural empyema

J. Nielsen, C. N. Meyer, S. R. Hansen, A. Friis-Møller (Roskilde, Hvidovre, Denmark)

Source: Annual Congress 2008 - Community-acquired pneumonia: prognosis, complications and prevention
Session: Community-acquired pneumonia: prognosis, complications and prevention
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2256
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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