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Treating patients with acute respiratory failure is a constant challenge in intensive care medicine. In most cases, the underlying cause is lung inflammation triggered by a bacterial infection or - more rarely, despite being frequently observed at present due to the corona pandemic - a viral infection.

 E-Mail IMAGE: Platelets (red) interacting with regulatory T cells (yellow) in the bacterially inflamed lung tissue of a mouse. Researchers examined the living tissue using confocal fluorescence microscopy. view more  Credit: Rossaint et al./JExpMed 2021 Treating patients with acute respiratory failure is a constant challenge in intensive care medicine. In most cases, the underlying cause is lung inflammation triggered by a bacterial infection or - more rarely, despite being frequentl...