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108946

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1979-7-25
pubmed:abstractText
Experience with cases of empyema thoracis in Nigerian adults is reported. Twenty-seven patients with empyema diagnosed on aspiration of the chest were studied. The clinical features, the radiolographic appearance and the results of laboratory studies carried out on the patients were analysed. Micro-organisms were cultured from the pleural fluid in 41% of cases. In this study, the commonest cause of empyema was pneumonia, occurring in 48% of cases, closely followed by tuberculosis with 40%. No death was recorded among cases of empyema due to pyogenic and tuberculous organisms. This is due to increased awareness of the cause and the methods of treatment applied. The author is of the opinion that cases of tuberculous empyema are being misdiagnosed and, consequently, they are not given appropriate chemotherapy, and this might have contributed to the high mortality rate previously reported.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0309-3913
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
219-24
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1978
pubmed:articleTitle
Management of empyema thoracis: report of a 3-year study.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article