Source: International Congress 2015 – Clinical issues in CAP: microbiological and radiological determinants
Disease area: Respiratory infections



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Carlos Antonio Amado Diago (Santander, Spain), Carlos Antonio Amado, Milagros Ruiz de Infante, María del Carmen Fariñas, María Teresa García-Unzueta, Pedro Muñoz, Francisca Santos. Diagnostic utility of beta defensin 2 and LL-37 for the differenciation between complicated and non-complicated infectious pleural effusions. Eur Respir J 2015; 46: Suppl. 59, 2594

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