EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNALERS OFFICIAL DOCUMENTSE.O.BEDAWI ET ALERS/ESTS statement on the management of pleural infectionin adultsEihab O.Bedawi,Sara Ricciardi,Maged Hassan Michael R.Gooseman,Rachelle Asciak10,Olalla Castro-Anon,Karin Armbruster,Martina Bonifazi5,Sarah Poole,Elinor K.Harris7,Stefano Elia,Rafal Krenke2 Alessandro Mariani,Nick A.Maskell Eva PolverinoJose M.Porcel,Lonny Yarmus25,Elizabeth P.Belcher,Isabelle Opitz 27 andNajib M.Rahman 1,2,3,28Oxford Pleural Unit,Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine,Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,Oxford,UK.2OxfordRespiratory Trials Unit,University of Oxford,Oxford,UK.NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre,University of Oxford,Oxford,UK.Department of Infection,Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease,University of Sheffield,Sheffield,UK.Unit of Thoracic Surgery,SanCamillo Forlanini Hospital,Rome,Italy.PhD Program Alma Mater Studiorum,University of Bologna,Bologna,Italy.'Chest DiseasesDepartment,Faculty of Medicine,Alexandria University,Alexandria,Egypt.Department of Thoracic Surgery,Hull University TeachingosaNHS Trust,Hull York Medical school,University of Hul ull UK.Department of RespiratorHospital,Portsmouth,UK.1Department of Respiratory Medicine,Mater Dei Hospital,Msida,Malta.Medicine,Lucus Augusti University Hospital,EOXI Lugo,Cervo y Monforte de Lemos,Lugo,Spain.12C039 Biodiscovery Research GroupHULA-USC,Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela(IDIS),Santiago de Compostela,Spain.1Department of Medicine,Secion of Pulmonary Medidine,Herlev-Gentofte Hospital University of Copenhagen,CopesBiomedical Sciences and Public Health,Marche Polytechnic University,Ancona,Italy.Ospedaliero-Universitaria"Ospedali Riuniti",Ancona,Italy.Department of Pharmacy and Medicines Management,Oxford UniversityHospitals NHS Foundation Trust,Oxford,UK.Bodleian Health Care Libraries,University of Oxford,Oxford,UK.Department ofMedicine and Health Sciences "V.Tiberio",University of Molise,Campobasso,Italy.Thoracic Surgical Oncology Programme,Policlinico Tor Vergata,Rome,Italy.2Department of Internal Medicine,Pulmonary Diseases and Allergy,Medical University of Warsaw,Warsaw,Poland.2Thoracic Surgery Department,Heart Institute (InCor)do Hospital das Clnicas da Faculdade de Medicina daUniversidade de sao Paulo,Sao Paulo,Brazil.22Academic Respiratory Unit,University of Bristol,Bristol,UK.23PneumologyDepartment,Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron,Institut de Recerca Vall d'Hebron,Barcelona,Spain.24Pleural Medicine Unit,Department of Internal Medicine,Amau de Vilanova University Hospital,IRBLleida,Lleida,Spain.2Division of Pulmonary and CriticalCare,Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,Baltimore,MD,USA.Department of Thoracic Surgery,Oxford Universityg2esA心emyoteicafea8ggnUne3yo66nd8aGaUgoUnmeroyopatauna2anidnswtaeiardCorresponding author:Eihab O.Bedawi (eombedawil@sheffield.ac.uk)Shareable abstract (@ERSpublications)Intrapleural fibrinolytic-based therapy has revolutionised pleural infection manage
