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ETIOLOGY OF EMPYEMA THORACIS AND PARAPNEUMONIC PLEURAL EFFUSION IN TAIWANESE CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS YOUNGER THAN 18 YEARS OF AGE

, 2014
We analyzed blood and pleural fluid samples from 89 Taiwanese children with empyema thoracis and parapneumonic pleural effusion. Streptococcus pneumoniae was the major pathogen, identified in 12 children by bacterial culture and 53 children by molecular ...
黃立民, Lin, Tzou-Yien;Hwang, Kao Pin;Liu, Ching-Chuan;Tang, Ren Bin;Lin, Ching Yuang;Gilbert, Gwendolyn L.;Thapa, Kiran;Monegal, Javier Sawchik;Pircon, Jean-Yves;Van Dyke, Melissa K.;Liu, Yan Fang;Huang, Li-Min;Hausdorff, William P.   +1 more
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Empyema necessitans, a rare complication of empyema thoracis [PDF]

International Journal of Radiology & Radiation Therapy, 2018
Mahesh Chaudhary, Bishwajit Bhowmik, Anindita Datta, Manmohan Bir Shrestha, Nazahath Abbas   +4 more
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Thoracoscopic management of empyema thoracis [PDF]

, 2008
Appropriate management of empyema thoracis is dependent upon a secure diagnosis of the etiology of empyema and the phase of development. Minimal access surgery using video-assisted thoracoscopy (VATS) is one of many useful techniques in treating empyema.
DiMaio, Michael J., Paul, Michelle, Beckles, Daniel L., Wait, Michael A., Hotze, Margaret   +4 more
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Atypical ulcerative cutaneous tuberculosis revealing disseminated mycobacterial infection: case report with diagnostic and therapeutic challenges

Infectious Diseases of Poverty
Background Cutaneous tuberculosis (CTB) is an unusual manifestation of extrapulmonary tuberculosis, accounting for only 1.0%–1.5% of cases. It presents with a wide range of clinical morphologies, often mimicking other dermatoses such as fungal infections,
Serena Vita, Andrea Mariano, Francesca Faraglia, Daniele Colombo, Alessandra Scarabello, Gina Gualano, Claudia Palazzolo, Alberta Villanacci, Antonia Maria Olivieri, Franca Del Nonno, Enrico Mirante, Stefania Ianniello, Alessandra D’Abramo, Emanuele Nicastri   +13 more
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Cranial and spinal subdural empyema

, 2009
Subdural empyema represents a loculated suppuration between the dura and the arachnoid. It has been described either intracranially or in the spinal canal, the latter localization being quite rare.
Corrado Lucantoni, Pompucci, Angelo, DE BONIS, Pasquale, Pasquale De Bonis, Annunziato Mangiola, Maria Labonia, Carmelo Anile, Mangiola, Annunziato, Lucantoni, Corrado, Angelo Pompucci, Labonia, Maria, Anile, Carmelo   +11 more
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A Symphony of Challenges: Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis, Pleurocutaneous Fistula, and Empyema Necessitans in Concert. [PDF]

Cureus, 2023
Ahmad K, Khan A, Yaseen A, Saleh M, Ali Y, Kakakhel M, Ehsan M.   +6 more
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Development of Massive Right Empyema after Sudden Rupture of a Liver Abscess due to Klebsiella Pneumoniae: A Case Report

, 2011
The most common cause of empyema is broncho-pulmonary infection. Rapid formation of empyema secondary to ruptured liver abscess is rare. We report an interesting case of massive pleural effusion that developed after the sudden rupture of an asymptomatic ...
WU, JENN-YU;KUO, PING-HUNG;YANG, PAN-CHYR, 巫震宇;郭炳宏;楊泮池   +1 more
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Risk of empyema in patients with COPD

, 2018
Hsueh-Yi Lu,1 Kuang-Ming Liao2 1Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Yunlin, 2Department of Internal Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Chiali, Taiwan Objective: Pneumonia is one of ...
Liao KM, Lu HY
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The outcomes of thoracoscopic decortication between fungal empyema and bacterial empyema

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.
Chen, Chun-min
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Novel case of empyema necessitans caused by Mycobacterium xenopi. [PDF]

BMJ Case Rep, 2022
Hassan S, Berenson CS.
europepmc   +1 more source