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Surgical treatment of a paraspinal abscess with osteomyelitis and spinal cord compression in a rabbit [PDF]

, 2017
CASE DESCRIPTION A 16-month-old neutered male Continental Giant rabbit (Lepus curpaeums) was referred for evaluation of a 7-day history of acute-onset, progressive, symmetric paraparesis.
Crawford, A H, De Decker, S, Drozdzynska, M J, Hedley, J, Lam, R W   +4 more
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Subcutaneous abscess due to empyema necessitans caused by Porphyromonas gingivalis in a patient with periodontitis

IDCases, 2022
Empyema necessitans is a rare empyema complication characterized by an extension of empyema out of the pleural space into the subcutaneous tissues of the chest wall.
Akane Tanaka, Mariko Kogami, Yoko Nagatomo, Yukihisa Takeda, Hiroya Kanzawa, Yohei Kawaguchi, Shotaro Ono, Kinya Furukawa, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Kazutetsu Aoshiba   +9 more
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Empyema necessitans complicating a mild COVID‐19 infection in a young immunocompetent patient

Clinical Case Reports, 2023
Key Clinical Message COVID‐19 infection can be complicated by secondary bacterial infections including pneumonia and empyema resulting in worse outcomes.
Sierra Sullivan, Jesus Davalos, Belaal Sheikh, Mahmoud Abdelnabi   +3 more
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Dose de-escalation of intrapleural tissue plasminogen activator therapy for pleural infection. The alteplase dose assessment for Pleural infection Therapy project [PDF]

, 2017
Rationale: Intrapleural therapy with a combination of tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) 10 mg and DNase 5 mg administered twice daily has been shown in randomized and open-label studies to successfully manage over 90% of patients with pleural infection ...
Bintcliffe, Oliver, Blyth, Kevin G., De Fonseka, Duneesha, Edey, Anthony, Lee, Y. C. Gary, Martin, Geoffrey, Maskell, Nick, Piccolo, Francesco, Popowicz, Natalia, Smith, Nicola A., Wong, Donny   +10 more
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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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Problem Terapeutik pada Empiema Terlokulasi karena Tuberkulosis [Theurapetic Problem in Tuberculosis Loculated Empyema]

Jurnal Respirasi, 2018
Background: Pleural effusion is the most common complication of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). Some coexist with secondary infection could worsen clinical presentation as empyema.
Isnin Anang Marhana, Amelia Tantri Anggraeni   +1 more
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Evaluation of complicated and uncomplicated parapneumonic effusion in children

The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2016
Parapneumonic effusion (PPE) and empyema are most often seen as a complication of bacterial pneumonia and occasionally associated with atypical bacteria or viruses.
Zeynep Gökçe Gayretli-Aydın, Gönül Tanır, Gülsüm İclal Bayhan, Türkan Aydın-Teke, Fatma Nur Öz, Özge Metin-Akcan, Ayşe Kaman   +6 more
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Diversity in the composition of pleural cavity and oral cavity microbiota in different bacterial empyema

Frontiers in Microbiology
IntroductionRecent studies have proposed primary empyema and demonstrated a correlation between it and the microbial composition of the oral cavity.
Yun Huang, Qing-Hua Gao, Chen-Jian Liu, Ting Su, Jie Liu, Zheng-Yi Liang, Zheng-Ju Zhao, Li-Ping Chen, Yong-Ning Yi, Xiao-Ran Li, Jian He   +10 more
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The Clinical Features and Management of Empyema Caused by Streptococcus constellatus

Infection and Drug Resistance, 2022
Jinyan Lin,* Yu Zhang,* Chongxi Bao, Huasong Lu, Yun Zhong, Chuanfeng Huang, Qiuping Huang, Dezhen Wang, Jing Luo, Ke Wang, Jinliang Kong Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Ward, Guangxi Medical University First Affiliated Hospital, Nanning ...
Lin J, Zhang Y, Bao C, Lu H, Zhong Y, Huang C, Huang Q, Wang D, Luo J, Wang K, Kong J   +10 more
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Logistic regression analysis of clinical and computed tomography features of pulmonary abscesses and risk factors for pulmonary abscess-related empyema

Clinics, 2019
OBJECTIVES: This study was conducted to investigate the risk factors for pulmonary abscess-related empyema by investigating the clinical characteristics and chest computed tomography imaging features of patients with pulmonary abscesses.
Xing-Dong Cai, Ying Yang, Jinzhong Li, Xiaoying Liao, Shijie Qiu, Jingjing Xu, Miao Zhang, Yuanshun Huang, Zhi-Hong Huang, Hong-Ming Ma   +9 more
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