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Volume 142, Issue 4, Supplement, October 2012, Page 523A
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Disorders of the Pleura | October 2012
Incidence of Infection Among Patients on Chemotherapy With Tunneled Indwelling Pleural Catheters

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SESSION TYPE: Pleural Disease Posters

PRESENTED ON: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at 01:30 PM - 02:30 PM

PURPOSE: Tunneled indwelling pleural catheters (IPC) are a United States Food and Drug Administration-approved implantable device used for palliation of recurrent, symptomatic malignant pleural effusions. Although complication rates are low concern remains for increased infections due to this device in the setting of chemotherapy. We report our experience with infectious complications from the

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