Pleural infection: a retrospective study of clinical outcome and the correlation to known etiology, co-morbidity and treatment factors

Pleural infection: a retrospective study of clinical outcome and the correlation to known etiology, co-morbidity and treatment factors

Abstract Background We explored the hypothesized importance of early knowledge of microbiological etiology in patients with pleural infection, including comorbidity and treatment factors in the outcome analyses. Methods Data from the medical records of a large cohort of 437 consecutive patients in 9...

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Main Authors: Christian Niels Meyer, Karin Armbruster, Michael Kemp, Trine Rolighed Thomsen, Ram Benny Dessau, for The Danish Pleural Empyema group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-10-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Subjects:
Empyema
Pleural
Infection
Pleural disease
Pyothorax
Respiratory tract infection
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12890-018-0726-1

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