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Empyema

Known as: Empyema [Disease/Finding] 
An accumulation of pus in a body cavity, usually the pleural space.
National Institutes of Health

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AbscessIn BloodMicrobiologicalRespiration Disorders
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Empyema with FistulaEmpyema, GallbladderEmpyema, Pleural

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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Empyema Hospitalizations Increased in US Children Despite Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine
OBJECTIVE: To determine if the incidence of empyema among children in the United States has changed since the introduction of the… Expand
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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Increasing incidence of empyema complicating childhood community-acquired pneumonia in the United States.
BACKGROUND The incidence of childhood pneumonia decreased following introduction of 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7… Expand
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Review
2007
Review
2007
Human Infection with Fusobacterium necrophorum (Necrobacillosis), with a Focus on Lemierre's Syndrome
  • T. Riordan
  • Clinical Microbiology Reviews
  • 2007
    • Corpus ID: 32913171
SUMMARY Summary: Human infection with Fusobacterium necrophorum usually involves F. necrophorum subsp. funduliforme rather than F… Expand
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Comparison of urokinase and video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for treatment of childhood empyema.
BACKGROUND Despite increasing incidence and morbidity, little evidence exists to inform the best management approach in childhood… Expand
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
An epidemiological investigation of a sustained high rate of pediatric parapneumonic empyema: risk factors and microbiological associations.
We investigated the increasing incidence of pediatric empyema during the 1990s at Primary Children's Medical Center in Salt Lake… Expand
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Randomised trial of intrapleural urokinase in the treatment of childhood empyema.
BACKGROUND The role of intrapleural fibrinolytic agents in the treatment of childhood empyema has not been established. A… Expand
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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
A randomized trial of empyema therapy.
STUDY OBJECTIVES To determine the optimal treatment of empyema thoracis (within the fibrinopurulent phase of illness) comparing… Expand
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
The clinical course and management of thoracic empyema.
We report a prospective multi-centre study of the clinical course and hospital management of thoracic empyema in 119 patients… Expand
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Enteral versus parenteral feeding. Effects on septic morbidity after blunt and penetrating abdominal trauma.
To investigate the importance of route of nutrient administration on septic complications after blunt and penetrating trauma, 98… Expand
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
TOXIC-SHOCK SYNDROME ASSOCIATED WITH PHAGE-GROUP-I STAPHYLOCOCCI
Abstract Seven children (aged 8-17 years) presented with a high fever, headache, confusion, conjunctival hyperaemia, a… Expand
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