Parapneumonic Effusions Are Characterized by Elevated Levels of Neutrophil Extracellular Traps

Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) increasingly are implicated in acute and chronic conditions involving multiple organ systems.Are NET concentrations higher in parapneumonic effusions compared with effusions of other origin and does this reflect the inflammatory nature of these effusions?Patients (N = 101) seeking hospital treatment for undifferentiated pleural effusion underwent pleural fluid classification based on cytologic analysis...