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Analysis of Cytokine Levers in Pleural Effusions of Tuberculous Pleurisy and Tuberculous Empyema

Mediators of Inflammation, 2016
The aim is to examine whether the interleukin-1β (IL-1β), IL-2, IL-6, tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), plasminogen activator inhibitor type-1 (PAI-1), and tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) levels were different in pleural effusions of tuberculous ...
Lei Yang, Yan-Jie Hu, Fu-Gen Li, Xiu-Jun Chang, Tian-Hui Zhang, Zi-Tong Wang   +5 more
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A Three‐Step Diagnostic Strategy for Malignant Pleural Effusions

Cancer Medicine, Volume 15, Issue 6, June 2026.
ABSTRACT New diagnostic tools, such as high fluorescence cells (HFc) and tumor markers (TMs), have emerged in the quest to accurately diagnose malignant pleural effusion (MPE). This study evaluated the diagnostic performance of the HFc and TMs combination.
Elisa Nuez‐Zaragoza, Vicente Aguadero, Indira Bhambi‐Blanco, Mònica Vidal‐Pla, Isabel Aparicio‐Calvente, M. Rosa Escoda‐Giralt, Joana Gallardo‐Campos, Joan Carles Ferreres, Luis Frisancho, Laia Mas‐Maresma, Patricia Aguilera‐Fernández, Sonia Marco‐Continente, Marina Sierra‐Boada, Pablo Andreu‐Cobo, Miquel Gallego, Francesca Canalias, Javier Hernando‐Redondo, Jaume Trapé   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of clinical risk factors for developing pleural empyema secondary to liver abscess

BMC Gastroenterology, 2019
Background The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical manifestation and predictive risk factors of pleural empyema developing during treatment of the pyogenic liver abscess.
Eunjue Yi, Tae Hyung Kim, Jun Hee Lee, Jae Ho Chung, Sungho Lee   +4 more
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Pleural loculated empyema masking a CPAM 3 in a newborn infant: A case report with breef literature review

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2018
Congenital pulmonary airway malformations (CPAMs) are a heterogeneous group of hamartomatous cystic and noncystic lung lesions that result from early airway maldevelopment. Usually they are distinguished according to Stocker's classification in type 0, 1,
G. Dilorenzo, E. Salinaro, V. Favia, S. Pavone, P. Drimaco, N. Laforgia, G. Angelelli, A.A. Stabile Ianora   +7 more
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Cytologic Findings in Esophageal Perforation: An Institutional Experience With Pleural Fluid Specimens

Diagnostic Cytopathology, Volume 54, Issue 6, Page 429-435, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Introduction Esophageal perforation (EP) is a rare but life‐threatening condition, and most cases are due to iatrogenic causes. The rest occur spontaneously, due to malignancies, or trauma. The mortality rates can approach 50%, and delayed diagnosis of EP exacerbates patient outcomes.
Mason Marshall, Samer Khader, Sigfred Lajara, Liron Pantanowitz   +3 more
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Treatment Effectiveness of the Patients with Respiratory Tuberculosis Complicated by Pleural Empyema

Туберкулез и болезни лёгких
The objective: to study treatment effectiveness of respiratory tuberculosis complicated by pleural empyema.Subjects and Methods. Treatment outcomes of 208 patients treated at Krasnoyarsk Regional TB Dispensary were analyzed. The most often, the course of
D. E. Omelchuk, T. I. Petrenko, D. V. Krasnov, I. A. Bolshakova, A. A. Kochneva   +4 more
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Pleural Effusions (Parapneumonic Process and Empyema)

, 2016
Pleural effusions occur when an influx of fluid into the pleural space exceeds its removal. An exudative effusion, which results from leaky barriers, is often associated with infections. Parapneumonic effusions are exudative pleural effusions adjacent to
Timothy Niessen
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Intrapleural tissue plasminogen activator and deoxyribonuclease administered concurrently and once daily for complex parapneumonic pleural effusion and empyema

, 2023
Background: Pleural infection is life-threatening and increasingly prevalent. In addition to usual care, twice-daily, separate administration of tissue plasminogen activator and deoxyribonuclease (tPA-DNase) reduces radiological pleural opacity with ...
Timothy Ryder, Ryder, Timothy, Hannah Shaw, Shaw, Hannah, Smith, Dugal, Dugal Smith   +5 more
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Achromobacter xylosoxidans/denitrificans bacteremia and subsequent fatal Escherichia coli/Streptococcus anginosus pleural empyema

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2018
Achromobacter xylosoxidans, a gram-negative bacillus with low virulence has rarely been reported to cause clinically significant infections. We report an unusual case of MDR Achromobacter xylosoxidans/denitrificans bacteremia from a peripherally inserted
Saad Habib, Nicholas Fuca, Mohammed Azam, Abdul Hasan Siddiqui, Kartikeya Rajdev, Michel Chalhoub   +5 more
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Management of parapneumonic effusion and empyema

The Journal of Association of Chest Physicians, 2019
Parapneumonic effusions are pleural effusions that occur in the pleural space adjacent to a bacterial pneumonia. When bacteria invade the pleural space, a complicated parapneumonic effusion or empyema may result.
Sarvinder Singh, Santosh Kumar Singh, Ajai Kumar Tentu   +2 more
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