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Pleural fluid interleukin‐8 and C‐reactive protein for discriminating complicated non‐purulent from uncomplicated parapneumonic effusions

José M. Porcel, Carlos Galindo, Aureli Esquerda, Javier Trujillano, Agustín Ruiz‐González, Miquel Falguera, Manuel Vives

Respirology · 2008 · 39 citations · 17 references

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Abstract

Pleural fluid IL-8 is an accurate marker for the identification of non-purulent CPPE.

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