We thank Y. Li and co-workers for their interest in the European Respiratory Society/European Society of Thoracic Surgeons statement on the management of pleural infection, recently published in the European Respiratory Journal [1]. Our interpretation of their correspondence is that they have misunderstood "IPC" to denote a standard chest drain or tube used, with a well-established evidence base, in the acute management of pleural infection [2]. This is also sometimes referred to as an intercostal catheter or an intercostal drain. In the statement, IPC refers specifically to "indwelling pleural catheter", and the abbreviation is introduced on first mention in the relevant paragraph [1]. The preceding sections discussing acute management refer to "chest tube drainage". We apologise if this was not clear.

我们感谢 Y. Li 及其同事对欧洲呼吸学会/欧洲胸外科医师学会关于胸膜感染管理的声明的兴趣，该声明最近发表在《欧洲呼吸杂志》上[1]。我们对他们的对应关系的解释是，他们误解了“IPC”来表示在胸膜感染的急性治疗中使用的标准胸腔引流管或导管，具有完善的证据基础[2]。这有时也称为肋间导管或肋间引流管。在声明中，IPC特指“留置胸膜导管”，该缩写是在相关段落中首次提及时引入的[1]。前面讨论急性处理的章节提到了“胸管引流”。如果不清楚，我们深表歉意。