Diagnosis and management of empyema

Curr Clin Top Infect Dis. 2002:22:196-213.

Authors

Holenarasipur R Vikram¹, Vincent J Quagliarello

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.

PMID: 12520655

No abstract available

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Adult
Algorithms
Chest Tubes
Empyema, Pleural / diagnosis*
Empyema, Pleural / epidemiology
Empyema, Pleural / etiology
Empyema, Pleural / therapy*
Fibrinolytic Agents / classification
Fibrinolytic Agents / therapeutic use
Humans
Staphylococcus aureus / pathogenicity
Streptococcus pneumoniae / pathogenicity
Streptococcus pyogenes / pathogenicity
Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / methods
Thoracostomy / methods
Thoracotomy / methods
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / instrumentation
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods

Substances

Fibrinolytic Agents