Source: Annual Congress 2012 - COPD: epidemiology and varia
Disease area: Airway diseases, Respiratory infections



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D. Stolz, R. Louis, J. Aerts, T. Welte, A. Lacoma, W. Boersma, K. Kostikas, F. Blasi, B. Milenkovic, C. Prat, J. Rakic, L. Boeck, P. Castellotti, G. Rohde, A. Torres, S. Hertel, S. Giersdorf, M. Tamm (Basel, Switzerland; Liege, Belgium; Breda, Alkmaar, Maastricht, Netherlands; Hanover, Hennigsdorf, Germany; Badalona, Barcelona, Spain; Thessaloniki, Greece; Milan, Italy; Belgrade, Republic Of Serbia). Bacterial airway colonization is not associated with increased procalcitonin in stable COPD. Eur Respir J 2012; 40: Suppl. 56, 3446

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