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Severe necrotizing pneumonia complicated by empyema in a neonate
Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2020 Necrotizing pneumonia is a severe complication of pneumonia, characterized by local destruction of lung tissue with development of multiple small cavities (abscesses) and may be associated with empyema. Empyema is an unusual complication in neonates with
Henry Zapata, Andrew Wahba
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Refractory Nontyphoidal Salmonella Empyema Necessitans in a Man Living With HIV: A Case Report and Review of the Literature [PDF]
Case Reports in Infectious DiseasesEmpyema necessitans is a rare complication of untreated/undertreated empyema characterized by the invasion and progression of empyema beyond the pleura into the chest wall.
Dillon Guo Dong Yeo +5 more
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The outcomes of thoracoscopic decortication between fungal empyema and bacterial empyema
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2023 Background Fungal empyema is an uncommon disease and is associated with a high mortality rate. Surgical intervention is suggested in stage II and III empyema.
Ya-Fu Cheng +6 more
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Clinical Medicine Insights: Case Reports, 2022 Empyema is a serious complication of pneumonia and has been reported to have a mortality rate of 8.7%. For methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) empyema, treatment includes drainage and specific antibiotics such as vancomycin and linezolid ...
Ava Torjani +5 more
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ERJ Open Research, 2023 Background The clinical impact of phenotyping empyema is poorly described. This study was designed to evaluate clinical characteristics and outcomes based on the two readily available parameters, pleural fluid culture status and macroscopic fluid ...
Ka Pang Chan +10 more
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CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT OF SUBDURAL EMPYEMA: A COMPLICATION OF ODONTOGENIC SINUSITIS [PDF]
Romanian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2018 Odontogenic infections are predisposing factors for 10% of maxillary sinusitis, rarely complicating with meningitis and subdural empyema. Most empyema associated with dental infections have polymicrobial etiology. Standard treatment for subdural empyema
Manuela Arbune +3 more
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Journal of Education and Teaching in Emergency Medicine, 2018 History of present illness: A 51-year-old male with congestive heart failure, previous myocardial infarctions, and a questionable history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease presented to the emergency department with a chief complaint of shortness ...
Jonathan Patane
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Annals of Thoracic Medicine, 2016 Background: Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgical decortication (VATSD) is widely applicable in fibrinopurulent Stage II empyema. While, more chronic thick walled Stage III empyema (organizing stage) needs conversion to open thoracotomy, and existing ...
Waseem M Hajjar +6 more
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Comparing the Mean Platelet Volume and the Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio in Children With Bacterial Pneumonia Associated With or Without Pleural Empyema [PDF]
مجله دانشگاه علوم پزشکی گیلان, 2023 Background Pneumonia is one of the severe infections in children, and empyema is one of its essential complications which causes more risk in affected children. Therefore, its early diagnosis is of great importance.
Houman Hashemian, Fina Sanati
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Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022 Empyema, a severe complication of pneumonia, trauma, and surgery is characterized by fibrinopurulent effusions and loculations that can result in lung restriction and resistance to drainage.
Sophia Karandashova +3 more
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