Treatment of complicated parapneumonic effusions and pleural empyema : A four-year prospective study

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 631-635

  Chin, N K ^a   Lim, T K ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Empyema; Pleural effusion; Streptokinase

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUCONAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; STREPTOKINASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAPLEURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREPTOKINASE;

EID: 0030425410     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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