Polymorphonuclear elastase in the early diagnosis of complicated pyogenic pleural effusions

Respiration

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 462-467

  Alemán, Carmen ^a,b   Alegre, José ^a   Segura, Rosa M ^a   Armadans, Lluís ^a   Suriñach, Josep M ^a   Varela, Encarna ^a   Soriano, Teresa ^a   Recio, Jesús ^a   De Sevilla, Tomás Fernández ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Complicated parapneumonic effusions; Empyema; Pleural effusion; Polymorphonuclear elastase; Pyogenic

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ELASTASE; GLUCOSE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR ELASTASE; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE MARKER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMPYEMA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PH; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0346770035     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000074200     Document Type: Article

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