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Pseudomonas aeruginosa pleural empyema in a preterm infant [PDF]
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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Practical management of pleural empyema [PDF]
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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Pleural empyema caused by Actinomyces turicensis
New Microbes and New Infections, 2021 Actinomyces turicensis was first identified in 1995. To the best of our knowledge, pleural empyema caused by A. turicensis has never been reported. In the case reported herein, a patient with pleural empyema was treated surgically, and in the bacterial ...
Apostolos C. Agrafiotis, Ines Lardinois
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Association Between Pneumoconiosis and Pleural Empyema: A Retrospective Cohort Study
DiagnosticsBackground: Pneumoconiosis is associated with chronic pulmonary and systemic complications, yet its relationship with pleural empyema remains insufficiently defined.
Khay-Seng Soh +3 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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Lung abscess predicts the surgical outcome in patients with pleural empyema [PDF]
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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COMPLEX TREATMENT OF ACUTE NONSPECIFIC PLEURAL EMPYEMA [PDF]
Acta Biomedica Scientifica, 2012 In the article the results of complex treatment of acute pleural empyema in 123 patients are presented. In all cases we observed pleural empyema of nontraumatic character.
I. V. Nikolaychuk, A. N. Plekhanov
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Risk of Pleural Empyema in Adult Patients With Asthma: A Nationwide Retrospective Cohort Study
Frontiers in Medicine, 2022 BackgroundRespiratory system infections commonly occur among individuals with asthma. However, whether asthma patients have a higher risk of pleural empyema development remains unclear.MethodsThis is a retrospective cohort study based on data from the ...
Wei-Chih Liao +10 more
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Pleural epithelioid hemangioendothelioma mimicking pleural empyema: A case report
Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2020 Malignant pleural effusion is an important and difficult differential diagnosis to pleural empyema. Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma is an uncommon vascular tumor, which typically occurs in liver, lung or bone.
Katrine Fjaellegaard +5 more
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Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2022 The incidence of empyema is increasing worldwide, which, coupled with the aging global population, makes the non-surgical management of pleural space infections increasingly important.
Ilana Roberts Krumm, Yaron B. Gesthalter
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