Medical and surgical management of empyema

MS Godfrey, KT Bramley… - Seminars in respiratory …, 2019 - thieme-connect.com
… In preclinical studies different bacteria may differentially affect pleural mesothelial cells[90] …
, and active assessment by physicians experienced in empyema/CPE is critical. The patient's …

Pediatric empyema thoracis: What has changed over a decade?

SK Angurana, R Kumar, M Singh… - Journal of Tropical …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
… and bacteriological profiles, treatment modalities and outcome of childhood empyema … its
early recognition with CECT chest, as well as availability, experience and expertise of pediatric …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of bacteriological profile and outcome of empyema thoracis of hospitalized children: a single center experience

S Sadani, M Das - Pediatric Respirology and Critical Care …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
… In the present study, all patients with thoracis empyema were managed by chest tube
drainage. The present study reported incidence of improved status in 90.5% of patients. It is …

[HTML][HTML] Multidisciplinary treatment of thoracic fistulous empyema caused by pulmonary infection: a retrospective study

Y Sugiura, H Fujimoto, T Hashizume - Multidisciplinary Respiratory …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… a 10-year period, 14 patients with fistulous empyema due to common bacteria (CBFE) or
fistulous empyema … In our own experience, fistulous empyema caused by common bacteria or …

The microbiology of pleural infection in adults: a systematic review

M Hassan, T Cargill, E Harriss, R Asciak… - European …, 2019 - Eur Respiratory Soc
… of the report was paediatric population, tuberculous empyema or post-operative empyema.
… A 10-year experience with bacteriology of acute thoracic empyema: emphasis on Klebsiella …

Microbiological study of empyema thoracis among children in a tertiary care hospital

S Dhal, JR Champatiray, DP Mohanty… - Asian Journal of …, 2023 - ajmsjournal.info
empyema in children as adult and pediatric pleural infections are different. Since children
rarely experience … In the present study, the isolation rate of aerobic bacteria was 55.2%. Among …

Microbiological characteristics and outcomes of children with pleural empyema admitted to a tertiary hospital in southeast China, 2009-2018

X Zhang, H Zhang - The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2021 - turkjpediatr.org
bacteriology of pleural empyema, we assessed the microbiological findings according to
the age group. The 63 children were divided into two age groups: <3 years or ≥3 years old. …

Phenotyping empyema by pleural fluid culture results and macroscopic appearance: an 8-year retrospective study

KP Chan, SSS Ng, KC Ling, KC Ng, LP Lo… - ERJ Open …, 2023 - Eur Respiratory Soc
… infection should consider including the subgroup of CNE as part of the bacteriology and
incorporate empyema phenotypes to test their clinical utility in different management strategies. …

Pleural Empyema

S Ceccarelli, V Tassi, F Puma, L Cagini - Thoracic Surgery: Cervical …, 2020 - Springer
… Moreover, anaerobic bacteria empyema is often associated to poor dental hygiene, and result
of aspiration phenomena due to gastroesophageal reflux, sedative drugs or alcohol abuse …

Microbiological profile and antibiotic resistance pattern of empyema thoracis in Calabar, Nigeria

CI Nwagboso, BE Ekeng, AU Etiuma… - Tropical …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
… the treatment of empyema thoracis. Our retrospective review of 105 pleural empyema culture
and … Forty-six pleural aspirate samples were positive on bacteriological culture realising a …