Prior treatment with inhaled corticosteroids in patients with respiratory disorders who develop community acquired pneumonia (CAP) is associated with a lower incidence and severity of parapneumonic effusion. That is the conclusion of a research funded by CIBERes and IDIBAPS led by Dr. Jacob Sellarés, MD, PhD, associate faculty member at the Hospital Clínic - IDIBAPS de Barcelona. The results were presented at the American Thoracic 2012 International Conference held in San Francisco on May, and were recently commented by the newspaper Diario Médico.
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