Serial pleural fluid analysis in a new experimental model of empyema

Chest

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1043-1048

  Sasse, Scott A ^a,b   Causing, Liza A ^a   Mulligan, Maury Ellis ^a   Light, Richard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA LONG BEACH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

empyema; Pasteurella multocida; pleural fluid; rabbits; thoracentesis

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; THORACOCENTESIS;

EID: 0029862613     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.109.4.1043     Document Type: Article

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