Complex Pleuropulmonary Infections (European Respiratory Monograph)

Gernot Rohde (Editor), Dragan Subotic (Editor)

Pleuropulmonary infections are among the major causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. This issue of the European RespiratoryMonograph considers pleuropulmonary infections from both medical and surgical angles. It features chapters written by well-known experts in the fields of respiratory medicine and thoracic surgery, with particular focus on antibiotic prophylaxis prior to thoracic surgical procedures, the medical and surgical treatment of tuberculosis, fungal infections, abscesses and empyema of the lung, bronchiectasis, hydatid disease, mediastinitis, post-operative infection and complications, and much more.

• Series: European Respiratory Monograph
• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: European Respiratory Society (September 1, 2013)
• ISBN-10: 1849840369
• ISBN-13: 978-1849840361
• ISBN-13: 9781849840361
• eText ISBN: 9781849840378