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Treatment Effectiveness of the Patients with Respiratory Tuberculosis Complicated by Pleural Empyema

open access: yesТуберкулез и болезни лёгких
The objective: to study treatment effectiveness of respiratory tuberculosis complicated by pleural empyema.Subjects and Methods. Treatment outcomes of 208 patients treated at Krasnoyarsk Regional TB Dispensary were analyzed. The most often, the course of
D. E. Omelchuk   +4 more
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Pleural Effusions (Parapneumonic Process and Empyema)

open access: yes, 2016
Pleural effusions occur when an influx of fluid into the pleural space exceeds its removal. An exudative effusion, which results from leaky barriers, is often associated with infections. Parapneumonic effusions are exudative pleural effusions adjacent to
Timothy Niessen
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Intrapleural tissue plasminogen activator and deoxyribonuclease administered concurrently and once daily for complex parapneumonic pleural effusion and empyema

open access: yes, 2023
Background: Pleural infection is life-threatening and increasingly prevalent. In addition to usual care, twice-daily, separate administration of tissue plasminogen activator and deoxyribonuclease (tPA-DNase) reduces radiological pleural opacity with ...
Timothy Ryder   +5 more
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Achromobacter xylosoxidans/denitrificans bacteremia and subsequent fatal Escherichia coli/Streptococcus anginosus pleural empyema

open access: yesRespiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2018
Achromobacter xylosoxidans, a gram-negative bacillus with low virulence has rarely been reported to cause clinically significant infections. We report an unusual case of MDR Achromobacter xylosoxidans/denitrificans bacteremia from a peripherally inserted
Saad Habib   +5 more
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Management of parapneumonic effusion and empyema

open access: yesThe Journal of Association of Chest Physicians, 2019
Parapneumonic effusions are pleural effusions that occur in the pleural space adjacent to a bacterial pneumonia. When bacteria invade the pleural space, a complicated parapneumonic effusion or empyema may result.
Sarvinder Singh   +2 more
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Outcome of Pleural Empyema Treated With Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery in Patients With Severe Co-Morbidities: An Observational Study [PDF]

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Hai Anh Vu,1 Nam Van Nguyen,1 Tuan Dinh Le,2 Son Tien Nguyen,2 Anh Viet Le,1 Anh The Vu,3 Ba Van Nguyen,4 Binh Van Nguyen,5 Nam Thanh Quan,6 Nguyen Van An,7 Thuan Duc Nghiem6 1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Military Hospital 103, Vietnam Medical ...
Duc Nghiem T   +9 more
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Modern surgical treatment of pleural empyema

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Pleural empyema is a complex clinical condition characterized by the accumulation of pus in the pleural cavity. Chronicity leads to thickening of the visceral pleura and permanent impairment of respiratory function.
Nenad Tsonevski   +4 more
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Selection of antibiotics for adequate treatment of pleural empyema [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Aim of the study and goals: Select and analyze scientific articles, regarding causes of pleural empyema and its treatment; analyze and describe most common pleural empyema causes; analyze and describe antibiotics usage tactics; compare tactics that were ...
Cibulskis, Donatas
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The diagnosis and management of pleural empyema

open access: yesCurrent Opinion in Infectious Diseases, 1998
The diagnosis and management of pleural infection continues to improve steadily. Recent advances include: newer, smaller, and more comfortable chest drainage catheters; improved pleural pus drainage with the aid of intrapleural fibrinolytics; and improved surgical procedures including thoracoscopic surgery.
Davies, R, Gleeson, F
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