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Qualitative analysis of barriers and facilitators to healthcare engagement for people with injecting‐related invasive infections using a social ecological framework

Addiction, Volume 120, Issue 12, Page 2476-2488, December 2025.
Abstract Background and aims Injecting‐related bacterial infections are increasing in many countries. Systemic infections often require prolonged treatment. Evidence suggests that people who inject drugs who have invasive infections are less likely to complete antimicrobial treatment and have poorer outcomes than patients without a history of injecting
Lucy O. Attwood, Sophia E. Schroeder, Olga Vujovic, Andrew J. Stewardson, Joseph S. Doyle, Paul Dietze, Peter Higgs, Samantha Colledge‐Frisby   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

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
doaj  

Therapeutic strategy and efficacy evaluation of chronic empyema after total pneumonectomy: individualized analysis of six patients

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Background Chronic empyema after total pneumonectomy is a potentially fatal complication.The aim of the study is to explore the treatment strategy and clinical efficacy of chronic empyema after pneumonectomy.
Lei Wang, Yunjie Lv, Guoxue Zhao, Guangjian Li, Zhongliang He, Yunchao Huang, Guangqiang Zhao   +6 more
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Retrospective review of empyema and parapneumonic effusions in hospitalized children in Ghana

, 2023
Sandra Kwarteng Owusu, Sheila Agyeiwaa Owusu, Obed Ofori Nyarko, Sandra Kwarteng Owusu, Haruna Mahama, Naomi Dianne Adjetey, Birgit Baah, Isaac Okyere, Justice Sylverken, Daniel Ansong, Marco Zampoli   +10 more
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Residual Hemothorax after Chest Tube Placement Correlates with Increased Risk of Empyema Following Traumatic Injury

Canadian Respiratory Journal, 2008
BACKGROUND: Empyema complicates tube thoracostomy following trauma in up to 10% of cases. Studies of potential risk factors of empyema have included use of antibiotics, site of injury and technique of chest tube placement.
Riyad Karmy-Jones, Michele Holevar, Ryan J Sullivan, Ani Fleisig, Gregory J Jurkovich   +4 more
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Uniportal versus triportal video-assisted thoracic surgery in the treatment of tuberculous empyema [PDF]

, 2023
Zhaohua Xia, Shuo Zheng, Qinlang Shi, Haijiang Wang, Xinzhong Ning, Pilai Huang, Guohuan Wen, Ning Xiang, Mingfeng Liao, Mingfei Ma, Kun Qiao   +10 more
openalex   +1 more source

B. Bronchiseptica empyema necessitans, a case report

BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Background Empyema necessitans is an uncommon complication of an empyema, where pus in the pleural cavity extends into the chest wall. Both medical and surgical management are required.
Samantha Wray, Nikko Rowe A. Tabliago, Richard Lueking   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

An unusual presentation of subdural empyema caused by Porphyromonas gingivalis

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2013
Subdural empyema is an uncommon clinical entity. The first case of Porphyromonas gingivalis subdural empyema is reported. We report a case of 34-year-old male who presented with subdural empyema and sinusitis.
Ahmed Rasheed, Thana Khawchareonporn, Sombat Muengtaweepongsa, Siriwan Suebnukarn   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Practical management of pleural empyema

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2016
Empyema is defined as pus in the thoracic cavity due to pleural space infection and has a multifactorial underlying cause, although the majority of cases are post-bacterial pneumonia.
G.F. Tassi, G.P. Marchetti, V. Pinelli, S. Chiari   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fatal E-cigarette or Vaping Product Use-associated Lung Injury Secondary to Streptococcus Constellatus Empyema

Oman Medical Journal
Empyema caused by Streptococcus constellatus in e-cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury (EVALI) can result in fatal outcomes. Empyema as a presentation of EVALI is rarely reported. S. constellatus is a known causative pathogen in empyema,
Cheng Wei Li, Eng Tat Chan, Larry Ellee Nyanti   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source