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Lung abscess predicts the surgical outcome in patients with pleural empyema [PDF]

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2010
Objectives Most cases of pleural empyema are caused by pulmonary infections, which are usually combined with pneumonia or lung abscess. The mortality of patients with pleural empyema remains high (up to 20%).
Wu Chin-Yen, Lin Yi-Chieh, Fang Hsin-Yuan, Chen Heng-Chung, Huang Hung-Che, Cheng Ching-Yuan   +5 more
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Parapneumonic empyema diagnosed by chest radiograph and computed tomography [PDF]

Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 2013
Pleural effusion is commonly seen associated with pneumonia. When this progresses to empyema, directed therapy is frequently required. Chest radiographic and computed tomography findings can help distinguish empyema from a transudative pleural effusion.
David M. Widlus, John Paul Brady, Ning Jin   +2 more
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Evaluation of biomarkers sTREM-1, procalcitonin and C reactive protein in the diagnosis of pleural infection [PDF]

BMJ Open Respiratory Research
Objective To measure the pleural fluid concentrations of soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cell-1 (sTREM-1), procalcitonin (PCT) and C reactive protein (CRP) to provide information for diagnosing and discriminating between CPPE and UPPE ...
Evaldo Marchi, Vanessa Adelia Alvarenga, Lisete Ribeiro Teixeira, Roberta Karla Barbosa Sales, Philippe Figueiredo Braga Colares, Carlos Sergio Rocha Silva, Milena Marques Pagliarelli Acencio   +6 more
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Association Between Pneumoconiosis and Pleural Empyema: A Retrospective Cohort Study [PDF]

Diagnostics
Background: Pneumoconiosis is associated with chronic pulmonary and systemic complications, yet its relationship with pleural empyema remains insufficiently defined.
Khay-Seng Soh, Cheng-Li Lin, Wei-Ming Lee, Der-Yang Cho   +3 more
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Pleural Empyema [PDF]

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 1996
Despite of extensive use of antibiotics for respiratory tract infections pleural empyema is still seen as a complication to pneumonia (7-10 cases/100.000 inhabitants pr. year). Pleural empyema as a complication to pulmonary surgery is reported in 2-3% of the patients even with use of antibiotic prophylaxis.
R E, Bryant, C J, Salmon
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Risk of Pleural Empyema in Adult Patients With Asthma: A Nationwide Retrospective Cohort Study

Frontiers in Medicine, 2022
BackgroundRespiratory system infections commonly occur among individuals with asthma. However, whether asthma patients have a higher risk of pleural empyema development remains unclear.MethodsThis is a retrospective cohort study based on data from the ...
Wei-Chih Liao, Wei-Chih Liao, Cheng-Li Lin, Te-Chun Shen, Te-Chun Shen, Te-Chun Shen, Chih-Yen Tu, Chih-Yen Tu, Te-Chun Hsia, Wu-Huei Hsu, Wu-Huei Hsu   +10 more
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Pleural epithelioid hemangioendothelioma mimicking pleural empyema: A case report

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2020
Malignant pleural effusion is an important and difficult differential diagnosis to pleural empyema. Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma is an uncommon vascular tumor, which typically occurs in liver, lung or bone.
Katrine Fjaellegaard, Jesper Koefod Petersen, Inger Merete Stamp, Asbjorn Hoegholm, Paul Frost Clementsen, Uffe Bodtger   +5 more
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Use of tunneled pleural catheters in chronic empyema: Two case reports and brief review of the literature

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2022
The incidence of empyema is increasing worldwide, which, coupled with the aging global population, makes the non-surgical management of pleural space infections increasingly important.
Ilana Roberts Krumm, Yaron B. Gesthalter
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Bacterial Infection Elicits Heat Shock Protein 72 Release from Pleural Mesothelial Cells [PDF]

, 2013
Heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) has been implicated in infection-related processes and has been found in body fluids during infection. This study aimed to determine whether pleural mesothelial cells release HSP70 in response to bacterial infection in vitro
Bielsa, S, Brown, JS, Creaney, J, della Vergiliana, JFV, Lansley, SM, Lee, YCG, Porcel, JM, Temple, SEL, Waterer, GW   +8 more
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Pleural empyema secondary to nephropleural fistula in complicated pyonephrosis

Radiology Case Reports, 2021
Pleural empyema of extra pulmonary origin is uncommon and empyema secondary to a fistula between the urinary tract and thorax is extremely rare. We report a case of nephropleural fistula causing massive pleural empyema in a 64-year-old woman with a long ...
Stefania Tamburrini, MD, Marina Lugarà, MD, Pietro Paolo Saturnino, MD, Giovanni Ferrandino, MD, Pasquale Quassone, MD, Silvio Leboffe, MD, Giuseppe Sarti, MD, Concetta Rocco, MD, Claudio Panico, MD, Francesco Raffaele, MD, Teresa Cesarano, MD, Michele Iannuzzi, MD, Lucio Cagini, MD, Ines Marano, MD   +13 more
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