Stage III empyema caused by Actinomyces meyeri: A plea for decortication

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1511-1513

  Vallet, Cédric ^a,b   Pezzetta, Edgardo ^a,b   Nicolet Chatelin, Geneviève ^a,b   El Lamaa, Zihad ^a,b   Martine, Olivier ^a,b   Ris, Hans Beat ^a,b  

^a University Hospital ^*

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; PENICILLIN G;

ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCES MEYERI; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; TREATMENT FAILURE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 2342426618     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2003.11.043     Document Type: Article

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