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Spontaneous bacterial empyema in liver cirrhosis: An underdiagnosed pleural complication
The Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology, 2008 Spontaneous bacterial empyema, defined as spontaneous infection of the pleural fluid, represents a distinct complication of hepatic hydrothorax with a different pathogenesis, clinical course and treatment strategy from those of empyema secondary to ...
Allam Naglaa
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Streptococcus gordonii empyema: A case report and literature review
IDCases, 2023 Empyema is often caused by Streptococcus anginous species, followed by Streptococcus pneumoniae. The organism Streptococcus gordonii belongs to the Streptococcus mitis group, which rarely causes empyema.
Jin-Hao Xu +3 more
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Respirology Case Reports, Volume 13, Issue 5, May 2025.Here, we report our treatment experience of a patient with critically severe empyema on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and subsequent complex treatments, ultimately resulting in his recovery. ABSTRACT Empyema is one of the most dangerous complications in thoracic surgery.
Shunxin Xin +6 more
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JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1899 From a time at least as early as the meeting of Eneas and Dido, caverns—antra—have been the abiding places of mystery and romance. From a perusal of the literature one might even suspect that the same terms would apply to much that has been written about the antrum.
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The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 1915 n ...
White, J. William, Thomas, T. Turner
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Risk factors for the development of pleural empyema in children
Pediatric Pulmonology, 2015 Pediatric pleural empyema has increased substantially over the past 20 years and reasons for this rise remain not fully explained. We investigated potential risk factors for the development of empyema in children by examining a cohort of patients with ...
M. Elemraid +6 more
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Cardiac tamponade secondary to empyema
Clinical Case Reports, 2020 A 70‐year‐old male presented with a 1‐month history of malaise and fever. He was diagnosed with chronic empyema and went into shock by cardiac tamponade after treatment. This case shows that even chronic empyema can cause cardiac tamponade.
Naoki Kawakami +3 more
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Medical management of spinal epidural empyema in five dogs.
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 2016 CASE DESCRIPTION 5 dogs were examined because of clinical signs of myelopathy, including signs of pain associated with the spinal region and rapidly progressive neurologic deficits.
S. R. Monteiro +7 more
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Empyema thoracis: A clinical study
Annals of Thoracic Medicine, 2007 Background: Empyema thoracis is a disease that, despite centuries of study, still causes significant morbidity and mortality. Aim: The present study was undertaken to study the age-sex profile, symptomatology, microbiologic findings, etiology and the ...
Acharya Preetam, Shah Kusum
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Severe necrotizing pneumonia complicated by empyema in a neonate
Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2020 Necrotizing pneumonia is a severe complication of pneumonia, characterized by local destruction of lung tissue with development of multiple small cavities (abscesses) and may be associated with empyema. Empyema is an unusual complication in neonates with
Henry Zapata, Andrew Wahba
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