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Pseudomonas aeruginosa pleural empyema in a preterm infant

The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2009
Pleural empyema is defined as the pyogenic infection of the pleural space with purulent effusion. Although it is frequently seen in children and therapy protocols have been developed for it, there are only a few reports about pleural empyema in ...
Hilal Ozkan, Merih Cetinkaya, Nilgün Köksal, Solmaz Celebi, Mustafa Hacimustafaoğlu   +4 more
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Empyema necessitans and a persistent air leak associated with rupture of an anaerobic lung abscess due to bacteroides [PDF]

, 2017
No abstract ...
Blyth, Kevin G., Sharma, Varun
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Practical management of pleural empyema

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2016
Empyema is defined as pus in the thoracic cavity due to pleural space infection and has a multifactorial underlying cause, although the majority of cases are post-bacterial pneumonia.
G.F. Tassi, G.P. Marchetti, V. Pinelli, S. Chiari   +3 more
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Epidemiology, Etiology and Prevention of Postpneumonectomy Pleural Empyema [PDF]

Folia Medica, 2019
Background: Pleural empyema after pneumonectomy still poses a serious postoperative complication. A broncho-pleural fistula is often detected. Despite various therapeutic options developed over the last five decades it remains a major surgical challenge ...
Danail B. Petrov, Dragan Subotic, Georgi S. Yankov, Dinko G. Valev, Evgeni V. Mekov   +4 more
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Depression is associated with subsequent risk of pleural empyema

Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease, 2020
Background: Respiratory system infections are prevalent in patients with depression. However, it remains unclear if patients with depression are at an increased risk of developing pleural empyema.
Yi-Chen Shen, Kuang-Ming Liao, Yen-Sung Lin, Yu-Jhen Huang, Cheng-Li Lin, Chia-Wen Tsai, Wen-Shin Chang, Te-Chun Shen, Da-Tian Bau, Te-Chun Hsia   +9 more
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Polymicrobial empyema; a novel case of Actinomyces turicensis

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2021
Empyema or infection of the pleural space is a well described complication of pneumonia, however knowledge of culprit pathogens is still evolving. We report a novel case of empyema due to Actinomyces turicensis, a commensal of the oropharynx and female ...
Shelsey W. Johnson, Ehab Billatos
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The usefulness of pleural fluid presepsin, C-reactive protein, and procalcitonin in distinguishing different causes of pleural effusions

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2018
Background We aimed to determine the presepsin concentration in pleural fluid from patients with pleural effusions of different aetiologies and to compare its diagnostic value with that of pleural fluid C-reactive protein (CRP) and procalcitonin (PCT ...
Naoki Watanabe, Tomoya Ishii, Nobuyuki Kita, Nobuhiro Kanaji, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Nobuki Nanki, Yutaka Ueda, Yasunori Tojo, Norimitsu Kadowaki, Shuji Bandoh   +9 more
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Advances in imaging chest tuberculosis: blurring of differences between children and adults [PDF]

, 2009
This article reviews the ongoing role of imaging in the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) and its complications. A modern imaging classification of TB, taking into account both adults and children and the blurring of differences in the presentation patterns,
Ahmad, Al-Nasser, Andronikou, Andronikou, Andronikou, Andronikou, Andronikou, Bosch-Marcet, Bosch-Marcet, Buckingham, Burrill, Casas, Conces, De Backer, De Backer, De Villiers, den Boon, du Plessis, Erlank, Erlank, Fraser, Glicklich, Goodman, Goussard, Griffith-Richards, Grobbelaar, Gulati, Hamilton, Haramati, Hartman, Hopewell, Im, Jeong, Kim, Kim, Lee, Lee, Leung, Lighter, Marais, Maydell, Moon, Morris, Nakanishi, Neufang, Perlman, Raviglione, Reid, Rodriguez, Santelli, Scheepers, Stead, Swingler, Theron, Van Dyck, Van Rie, Vanhoenacker, Verver, Verver, Wall, Westcott, Woodring, Yilmaz, Zellweger   +63 more
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Minimally invasive intrathoracic negative-pressure therapy and flexible thoracoscopy (FlexVATS) for patients with pleural empyema

Scientific Reports, 2023
To determine whether a new surgical method using a flexible endoscope (FlexVATS) to perform sparing debridement and apply negative-pressure therapy without extensive decortication may be an alternative treatment option for empyema.
Björn-Ole Stüben, Gabriel A. Plitzko, Julia Sauerbeck, Philipp Busch, Nathaniel Melling, Matthias Reeh, Jakob R. Izbicki, Thomas Rösch, Kai Bachmann, Michael Tachezy   +9 more
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Two case reports of two interventional radiology techniques for the treatment of stage II empyema: Hydrodissection and guidewire-dissection

Radiology Case Reports, 2023
Empyema is an infection of the pleural space that is classified into 3 stages. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery is recommended as the first-line approach for stage II acute empyema. The purpose of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery is also achieved
Satoshi Yoshikawa, MD, Masahisa Nakamura, MD, PhD, Takeshi Ueda, MD   +2 more
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