AIM To retrospectively compare the outcomes of catheter drainage, urokinase and ozone in management of empyema. METHODS Retrospective study included 209 patients (111 males and 98 females; age range 19 to 72 years) who were diagnosed with empyema. The patients were divided into 3 groups based on the therapy instituted: catheter drainage only (group I); catheter drainage and urokinase (group I...

This study aimed to identify the bacterial etiology of empyema thoracis or parapneumonic pleural effusions in Thai children, with a focus on pneumococcus. This hospital-based, descriptive study included children aged < or = 16 years, diagnosed with empyema thoracis or parapneumonic pleural effusion, from whom a pleural fluid (PF) sample was taken between January 2008 and November 2009. PF and b...

Empyemas develop following bacterial pneumonias, thoracic trauma and surgery which are still among the common diseases, causing illness and death throughout the developing world. With the advent of potent antibiotics the mortality of empyema has been drastically reduced. In this study 52 patients (29 boys and 23 girls) with thoracic empyema were evaluated retrospectively. In this series the cau...

STUDY OBJECTIVES To determine if therapeutic thoracentesis is as effective as early chest tube placement or no drainage procedure in the treatment of early empyema in rabbits. DESIGN AND INTERVENTIONS An empyema, as evidenced by gross pleural pus and a decreased pleural fluid pH and glucose level, was induced in 49 rabbits. The rabbits were divided into three groups: 16 underwent daily therap...

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Empiema merupakan salah satu infeksi pleura yang terjadi akibat kumpulan cairan eksudatif (pus) di rongga pleura. Secara epidemiologi, insidensi empyema meningkat pada anak dan dewasa. Empyema dapat disebabkan oleh paru, prosedur operasi, trauma, pneumotoraks spontan, torakosintesis, septikemia. Cairan terakumulasi ketika laju pembentukannya melebihi absorpsi. Selain dari gej...

STUDY OBJECTIVES To analyze the clinical spectra, pathogenesis, treatment, outcome, and prognostic factors of fungal empyema thoracis. DESIGN The medical records of patients with positive fungal cultures from pleural effusions were retrospectively analyzed. SETTING A university-based tertiary care hospital in Taipei, Taiwan. PATIENTS AND METHODS From January 1990 through December 1997, pa...

Pseudomonas stutzeri is an aerobic, nonfermentative, gram-negative rod with polar monotrichous flagella. We report the case of a four-year-old boy who developed community-acquired pneumonia and empyema caused by P. stutzeri. To our knowledge, this is the first report on community-acquired pneumonia and empyema caused by this organism in childhood.

Amoebic liver abscess is a complication of amoebiasis that needs early diagnosis and proper treatment before further complications occur. We report a-35 year old female presented by fever and dyspnea due to huge liver abscess complicated by massive right side empyema. The patient was effectively treated by percutaneous drainage for both the right lobe abscess and empyema together with pharmacol...

Objective: Simple irrigation has proven to be an ef®cient method to treat postpneumonectomy empyema provided that bronchopleural ®stula is not present or successfully closed. However, with this treatment modality, infected material inside the thoracic cavity is not removed and this can be a potential source of empyema recurrence if the patient's immune system is compromised. The removal of the ...

STUDY OBJECTIVES Collapse therapy for pulmonary tuberculosis involved placement of various materials to occupy space and keep the lung collapsed. Complications are encountered decades later. PATIENTS AND METHODS Between 1980 and 1997, we treated 31 patients with a history of pulmonary tuberculosis in whom collapse therapy had been used and who later developed complications related to their tr...