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Case Reports in Pediatrics, 2015 Background. Empyema necessitans, a rare complication of pleural effusion, could result in significant morbidity and mortality in children. It is characterized by the dissection of pus through the soft tissues and the skin of the chest wall. Mycobacterium
M. S. Yauba +4 more
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Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022 Anti-infection strategies against pleural empyema include the use of antibiotics and drainage treatments, but bacterial eradication rates remain low. A major challenge is the formation of biofilms in the pleural cavity.
Wusheng Deng +11 more
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Bacteriophage therapy for empyema caused by carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
BioScience Trends, 2022 Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a frequent causative agent of post-pneumonectomy empyema-associated broncho-pleural fistula (BPF) and it has a high mortality rate.
Peifen Chen +9 more
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Assessing the impact of the 13 valent pneumococcal vaccine on childhood empyema in Australia
Thorax, 2021 Background Empyema is a serious complication of pneumonia frequently caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae (SP). We assessed the impact of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (13vPCV) on childhood pneumonia and empyema after inclusion in the ...
R. Strachan +20 more
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Candida Empyema Thoracis at Two Academic Medical Centers: New Insights Into Treatment and Outcomes
Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2021 Background Candida empyema thoracis (pleural empyema) is an uncommon manifestation of invasive candidiasis, for which optimal treatment is unknown. Methods This is a retrospective study of patients with Candida empyema at 2 academic medical centers from ...
S. S. Senger +5 more
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The outcomes of thoracoscopic decortication between fungal empyema and bacterial empyema
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2023 Background Fungal empyema is an uncommon disease and is associated with a high mortality rate. Surgical intervention is suggested in stage II and III empyema.
Ya-Fu Cheng +6 more
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Identification of Microbiome Etiology Associated With Drug Resistance in Pleural Empyema
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2021 Identification of the offending organism and appropriate antimicrobial therapy are crucial for treating empyema. Diagnosis of empyema is largely obscured by the conventional bacterial cultivation and PCR process that has relatively low sensitivity ...
Zhaoyan Chen +12 more
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CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT OF SUBDURAL EMPYEMA: A COMPLICATION OF ODONTOGENIC SINUSITIS [PDF]
Romanian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2018 Odontogenic infections are predisposing factors for 10% of maxillary sinusitis, rarely complicating with meningitis and subdural empyema. Most empyema associated with dental infections have polymicrobial etiology. Standard treatment for subdural empyema
Manuela Arbune +3 more
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ERJ Open Research, 2023 Background The clinical impact of phenotyping empyema is poorly described. This study was designed to evaluate clinical characteristics and outcomes based on the two readily available parameters, pleural fluid culture status and macroscopic fluid ...
Ka Pang Chan +10 more
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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 +5 more
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