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Is Adenosine Deaminase in Pleural Fluid a Useful Marker for Differentiating Tuberculosis from Lung Cancer or Mesothelioma in Japan, a Country with Intermediate Incidence of Tuberculosis? [PDF]

, 2011
The objective of this study was to evaluate the utility of the determination of adenosine deaminase (ADA) level in pleural fluid for the differential diagnosis between tuberculous pleural effusion (TPE) and malignant pleural effusion (MPE) in Japan, a ...
Aoe, Keisuke, Chikamori, Kenichi, Hiraki, Akio, Kishino, Daizo, Kiura, Katsuyuki, Maeda, Tadashi, Murakami, Kazuo, Ogata, Yoshiko, Tanimoto, Mitsune, Ueoka, Hiroshi   +9 more
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Experimental pleural empyema model in rabbits: Why, how and what are the next steps [PDF]

, 2014
Bacgraund/Aim. The use of new therapeutic methods to prevent development of fibrothorax as the final complication of the human pleural infections requires research with experimental animals.
Cvijanović Vlado, Jović Milena, Perić Tijana, Sekulović Leposava, Stanić Vojkan, Vojvodić Danilo, Đurđević Dragan   +6 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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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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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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Timely thoracoscopic decortication promotes the recovery of paediatric parapneumonic empyema [PDF]

, 2015
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Fung, CH, Lau, CT, Tam, PKH, Wong, KKY
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Empiema [Empyema: An Update Approach]

Jurnal Respirasi, 2018
Empyema is a collection of exudative fluid in the pleural cavity associated with the occurrence of pulmonary infection. Empyema is often caused by complications of pneumonia but can also be caused by infection from elsewhere.
Helmia Hasan, Devi Ambarwati
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Usefulness of Thoracoscopic Debridement for Chronic Empyema after an Extrapleural Pneumonectomy [PDF]

, 2016
We present the case of a 65-year-old Japanese man diagnosed with chronic empyema (without a bronchopleural fistula) that occurred 7 months after he underwent an extrapleural pneumonectomy for right malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM). Following thoracic
Miyoshi, Shinichiro, Soh, Junichi, Torigoe, Hidejiro, Toyooka, Shinichi, Yamamoto, Hiromasa   +4 more
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Classical surgical treatment of acute pleural empyema

Український журнал клінічної хірургії
Objective. To determine the need for open surgical treatment in patients with acute pleural empyema with and without the use of video thoracoscopic rehabilitation interventions. Materials and methods.
V. V. Boyko, V. V. Tkachenko, A. L. Sochneva, V. V. Kritzak, P. I. Korzh, D. V. Minukhin, A. A. Serenko, D. O. Yevtushenko, V. I. Tkachenko   +8 more
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