The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on pleural infection incidence: a UK multicentre retrospective analysis.

Bedawi EO., Ur Rehman K., Sivakumar DP., Ferguson K., Ajmal S., Graham E., Panchal RK., Corcoran JP., Blyth KG., Rahman NM., West A.

There was a significant reduction in pleural infection incidence, by almost a third, in the year following the start of the #COVID19 pandemic. Public health measures enforced during this period are likely to have played a significant role. https://bit.ly/3QAPPR9.

DOI

10.1183/23120541.00206-2022

Type

Journal article

Journal

ERJ open research

Publication Date

07/2022

Volume

8

Pages

206 - 2022

Addresses

Oxford Pleural Unit, Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation, Oxford, UK.

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