Diagnosis and aetiological treatment of bronchiectasis in adult patients

Dimitrios Mermigkis (Athens Marousi, Greece), Dimitrios Mermigkis, Agathi Lekkakou, Stavroula Patsilinakou, George Petsinis, Eftixia Kourtelesi, Semiramis Zakaki, Konstantinos Dalamarinis, Xanthi Tsiafaki

Source: International Congress 2015 – Bronchiectasis and NTM infections: clinical and functional characterisation
Session: Bronchiectasis and NTM infections: clinical and functional characterisation
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2620
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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Dimitrios Mermigkis (Athens Marousi, Greece), Dimitrios Mermigkis, Agathi Lekkakou, Stavroula Patsilinakou, George Petsinis, Eftixia Kourtelesi, Semiramis Zakaki, Konstantinos Dalamarinis, Xanthi Tsiafaki. Diagnosis and aetiological treatment of bronchiectasis in adult patients. Eur Respir J 2015; 46: Suppl. 59, 2620

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