The management of pleural space infections

Respirology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 4-11

  Chapman, Stephen J ^a,b   Davies, Robert J O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Empyema; Parapneumonic effusion; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; STREPTODORNASE; STREPTOKINASE; UROKINASE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THORACOCENTESIS; THORACOTOMY; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

CHEST TUBES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRAINAGE; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; HUMANS; PLEURAL DISEASES; PLEURAL EFFUSION; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TUBERCULOSIS, PLEURAL;

EID: 2442473926     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2003.00535.x     Document Type: Review

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