Parapneumonic effusion and empyema: Best therapeutic approach

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 144-148

  Bouros, D ^a   Plataki, M ^a   Antoniou, K M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Empyema; Fibrinolytics; Parapneumonic effusion; Pleural infection; VATS

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOKINASE; UROKINASE;

CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PLEURA FLUID; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; THORACOCENTESIS; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; THORAX DRAINAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0034914526     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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