Pathogenesis of pleural infection: A complex warfare

Natalia Popowicz^{1

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3}, Steven Idell⁴, Y C Gary Lee^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, WA, Australia.
² Pleural Medicine Unit, Institute for Respiratory Health, Perth, WA, Australia.
³ School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia.
⁴ Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology and Texas Lung Injury Institute, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, TX, USA.

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Natalia Popowicz et al. Respirology. 2018 Jan.

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. 2018 Jan;23(1):8-9.

doi: 10.1111/resp.13171. Epub 2017 Sep 19.

Natalia Popowicz^{1

2

3}, Steven Idell⁴, Y C Gary Lee^{1

2

3}

¹ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, WA, Australia.
² Pleural Medicine Unit, Institute for Respiratory Health, Perth, WA, Australia.
³ School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia.
⁴ Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology and Texas Lung Injury Institute, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, TX, USA.

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Keywords: bacteria; empyema, pleural infection; plasminogen activator inhibitor.

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Lipoteichoic acid upregulates plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 expression in parapneumonic effusions.
Lee KL, Chen WL, Chen RJ, Lai KS, Chung CL. Lee KL, et al. Respirology. 2018 Jan;23(1):89-95. doi: 10.1111/resp.13148. Epub 2017 Aug 23. Respirology. 2018. PMID: 28836366