Successful pleurodesis with OK-432 in preterm infants with persistent pleural effusion

• Päätekijät: Jeong Eun Kim (Tekijä), Chul Lee (Tekijä), Kook In Park (Tekijä), Min Soo Park (Tekijä), Ran Namgung (Tekijä), In Kyu Park (Tekijä)
• Aineistotyyppi: Kirja
• Julkaistu: Korean Pediatric Society, 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Aiheet: article
• Linkit: Connect to this object online.

OK-432 (picibanil) is an inactivated preparation of Streptococcus pyogenes that causes pleurodesis by inducing a strong inflammatory response. Intrapleural instillation of OK-432 has recently been used to successfully treat neonatal and fetal chylothorax. Here we report a trial of intrapleural insti...