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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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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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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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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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Video-assisted thoracoscopic decortication for the management of late stage pleural empyema, is it feasible?

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, Iftikhar Ahmed, Sami A Al-Nassar, Rawan K Alsultan, Waad A Alwgait, Hanoof H Alkhalaf, Shekhar C Bisht   +6 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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Parapneumonic Effusion Versus Pulmonary Empyema in Children: Analysis of Risk Factors and Laboratory Predictors Through a Single Center Experience

Children
Background: Parapneumonic effusion is a common complication of community-acquired pneumonia and can range from a simple inflammatory transudate to an organized purulent collection, known as empyema.
Marta Improta, Francesca Morlino, Roberta Ragucci, Carolina D’Anna, Stefania Muzzica, Vincenzo Tipo, Antonietta Giannattasio, Marco Maglione   +7 more
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Pleural Infection and Empyema

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, 2014
Increasing incidence of pleural infection has been reported worldwide in recent decades. The pathogens responsible for pleural infection are changing and differ from those in community acquired pneumonia. The main treatments for pleural infection are antibiotics and drainage of infected pleural fluid.
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Successful Treatment With Daptomycin of MRSA Empyema Complicated by Right-Sided Loculated Pleural Effusion Refractory to Vancomycin

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, Dylan Selbst, Joshua Hamsher, Sahaj Mujumdar, Andie Belkoff, Luis Taboada   +5 more
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Pleural empyema caused by Actinomyces turicensis

New Microbes and New Infections, 2021
Actinomyces turicensis was first identified in 1995. To the best of our knowledge, pleural empyema caused by A. turicensis has never been reported. In the case reported herein, a patient with pleural empyema was treated surgically, and in the bacterial ...
Apostolos C. Agrafiotis, Ines Lardinois
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