The biological effect of intrapleural tissue plasminogen (tPA) activator and DNase delivery in pleural infection patients.

N. Kanellakis (Oxford, United Kingdom), J. Wrightson (Oxford, United Kingdom), R. Hallifax (Oxford, United Kingdom), R. Mercer (Oxford, United Kingdom), M. Fayed (Oxford, United Kingdom), R. Asciak (Oxford, United Kingdom), I. Psallidas (Oxford, United Kingdom), N. Rahman (Oxford, United Kingdom)

Source: International Congress 2018 – New therapies for respiratory infections: experimental and translational studies
Session: New therapies for respiratory infections: experimental and translational studies
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 5456
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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