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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 +3 more
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Clinical Infectious Diseases, 1996 Despite of extensive use of antibiotics for respiratory tract infections pleural empyema is still seen as a complication to pneumonia (7-10 cases/100.000 inhabitants pr. year). Pleural empyema as a complication to pulmonary surgery is reported in 2-3% of the patients even with use of antibiotic prophylaxis.
R E, Bryant, C J, Salmon
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First Case of Acute Pleural Empyema Caused by <i>Mediterraneibacter gnavus</i>. [PDF]
Respirol Case RepWe report the first case of acute pleural empyema caused by Mediterraneibacter gnavus, a gut commensal organism, identified by anaerobic culture in combination with MALDI‐TOF mass spectrometry and 16S rRNA gene sequencing. This case suggests that M. gnavus can act as an opportunistic pathogen in patients with significant comorbidities and highlights ...
Shirata M, Tsuchiya M.
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A Simple Method for Differentiating Complicated Parapneumonic Effusion/Empyema from Parapneumonic Effusion Using the Split Pleura Sign and the Amount of Pleural Effusion on Thoracic CT. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Pleural separation, the "split pleura" sign, has been reported in patients with empyema. However, the diagnostic yield of the split pleura sign for complicated parapneumonic effusion (CPPE)/empyema and its utility for differentiating CPPE/empyema from ...
Naoki Tsujimoto +9 more
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BMC Infectious Diseases, 2008 Background Parapneumonic empyema continues to be a disease of significant morbidity and mortality among children despite recent advances in medical management. To date, only a limited number of studies have assessed the burden of empyema in Asia. Methods
Shen Xuzhuang +9 more
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Lung abscess predicts the surgical outcome in patients with pleural empyema
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2010 Objectives Most cases of pleural empyema are caused by pulmonary infections, which are usually combined with pneumonia or lung abscess. The mortality of patients with pleural empyema remains high (up to 20%).
Wu Chin-Yen +5 more
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 Cases of empyema associated with Histoplasma infection are rarely reported. Here, we discuss a case of Histoplasma-associated empyema successfully treated with amphotericin B intravenous and pleural infusion therapy and multiple medical thoracoscopies. A
Ning Cui, Lijun Wang, Jingming Zhao
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa pleural empyema in a preterm infant
The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2009 Pleural empyema is defined as the pyogenic infection of the pleural space with purulent effusion. Although it is frequently seen in children and therapy protocols have been developed for it, there are only a few reports about pleural empyema in ...
Hilal Ozkan +4 more
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Epidemiology, Etiology and Prevention of Postpneumonectomy Pleural Empyema [PDF]
Folia Medica, 2019 Background: Pleural empyema after pneumonectomy still poses a serious postoperative complication. A broncho-pleural fistula is often detected. Despite various therapeutic options developed over the last five decades it remains a major surgical challenge ...
Danail B. Petrov +4 more
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