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Advances in imaging chest tuberculosis: blurring of differences between children and adults [PDF]

, 2009
This article reviews the ongoing role of imaging in the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) and its complications. A modern imaging classification of TB, taking into account both adults and children and the blurring of differences in the presentation patterns,
Ahmad, Al-Nasser, Andronikou, Andronikou, Andronikou, Andronikou, Andronikou, Bosch-Marcet, Bosch-Marcet, Buckingham, Burrill, Casas, Conces, De Backer, De Backer, De Villiers, den Boon, du Plessis, Erlank, Erlank, Fraser, Glicklich, Goodman, Goussard, Griffith-Richards, Grobbelaar, Gulati, Hamilton, Haramati, Hartman, Hopewell, Im, Jeong, Kim, Kim, Lee, Lee, Leung, Lighter, Marais, Maydell, Moon, Morris, Nakanishi, Neufang, Perlman, Raviglione, Reid, Rodriguez, Santelli, Scheepers, Stead, Swingler, Theron, Van Dyck, Van Rie, Vanhoenacker, Verver, Verver, Wall, Westcott, Woodring, Yilmaz, Zellweger   +63 more
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Effectiveness of Intrapleural Tissue Plasminogen Activator and Dornase Alfa vs Tissue Plasminogen Activator Alone in Children with Pleural Empyema: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

JAMA pediatrics, 2020
Importance Clinical guidelines recommend that children with pleural empyema be treated with chest tube insertion and intrapleural fibrinolytics. The addition of dornase alfa (DNase) has been reported to improve outcomes in adults but remains unproven in ...
M. Livingston, S. Mahant, B. Connolly, I. Maclusky, S. Laberge, L. Giglia, Connie Yang, A. Roberts, A. Shawyer, M. Brindle, S. Parsons, C. Stoian, J. Walton, K. Thorpe, Y. Chen, F. Zuo, M. Mamdani, Carol Y. Chan, Desmond Loong, W. Isaranuwatchai, F. Ratjen, E. Cohen   +21 more
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Is Adenosine Deaminase in Pleural Fluid a Useful Marker for Differentiating Tuberculosis from Lung Cancer or Mesothelioma in Japan, a Country with Intermediate Incidence of Tuberculosis? [PDF]

, 2011
The objective of this study was to evaluate the utility of the determination of adenosine deaminase (ADA) level in pleural fluid for the differential diagnosis between tuberculous pleural effusion (TPE) and malignant pleural effusion (MPE) in Japan, a ...
Aoe, Keisuke, Chikamori, Kenichi, Hiraki, Akio, Kishino, Daizo, Kiura, Katsuyuki, Maeda, Tadashi, Murakami, Kazuo, Ogata, Yoshiko, Tanimoto, Mitsune, Ueoka, Hiroshi   +9 more
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Management of patient with Fusobacterim nucletum related pleural empyema: intrapleural antibiotic therapy can be considered for salvage therapy. [PDF]

BMC Infect Dis
Wang J, Li J, Sun Z, Zhang S, Ma L, Liu X, Yang X, Ai J, YuanSong, Sun L, Li X, He T, Xiao Y, Gao H, Yuan F.   +14 more
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Surgical treatment of pleural empyema in Coronavirus disease 19 patients: the Southern Switzerland experience

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, 2020
We report the first surgical series of patients developing pleural empyema after severe bilateral interstitial lung disease in confirmed severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection.
A. Tessitore, M. Patella, M. Giuliani, T. Theologou, Stefania Freguia, E. M. Minerva, G. Rugel, S. Cafarotti   +7 more
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Two case reports of two interventional radiology techniques for the treatment of stage II empyema: Hydrodissection and guidewire-dissection

Radiology Case Reports, 2023
Empyema is an infection of the pleural space that is classified into 3 stages. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery is recommended as the first-line approach for stage II acute empyema. The purpose of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery is also achieved
Satoshi Yoshikawa, MD, Masahisa Nakamura, MD, PhD, Takeshi Ueda, MD   +2 more
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Experimental pleural empyema model in rabbits: Why, how and what are the next steps [PDF]

, 2014
Bacgraund/Aim. The use of new therapeutic methods to prevent development of fibrothorax as the final complication of the human pleural infections requires research with experimental animals.
Cvijanović Vlado, Jović Milena, Perić Tijana, Sekulović Leposava, Stanić Vojkan, Vojvodić Danilo, Đurđević Dragan   +6 more
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Pleural empyema in children – benefits of primary thoracoscopic treatment

Wideochirurgia i inne techniki maloinwazyjne = Videosurgery and other miniinvasive techniques, 2020
Introduction Pleural empyema is the condition of the pleural cavity when initially sterile pleural effusion has become infected. In the majority of cases, it is of parapneumonic origin.
Roksana Barglik, Andrzej Grabowski, W. Korlacki, M. Pasierbek, A. Modrzyk   +4 more
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Parapneumonic Effusion Versus Pulmonary Empyema in Children: Analysis of Risk Factors and Laboratory Predictors Through a Single Center Experience

Children
Background: Parapneumonic effusion is a common complication of community-acquired pneumonia and can range from a simple inflammatory transudate to an organized purulent collection, known as empyema.
Marta Improta, Francesca Morlino, Roberta Ragucci, Carolina D’Anna, Stefania Muzzica, Vincenzo Tipo, Antonietta Giannattasio, Marco Maglione   +7 more
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Successful Treatment With Daptomycin of MRSA Empyema Complicated by Right-Sided Loculated Pleural Effusion Refractory to Vancomycin

Clinical Medicine Insights: Case Reports, 2022
Empyema is a serious complication of pneumonia and has been reported to have a mortality rate of 8.7%. For methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) empyema, treatment includes drainage and specific antibiotics such as vancomycin and linezolid ...
Ava Torjani, Dylan Selbst, Joshua Hamsher, Sahaj Mujumdar, Andie Belkoff, Luis Taboada   +5 more
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