Clinical characteristics and outcomes of empyema thoracis in 117 patients: A comparative analysis of tuberculous vs. non-tuberculous aetiologies

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 423-430

  Malhotra, P ^a   Aggarwal, A N ^a   Agarwal, R ^a   Ray, P ^a   Gupta, D ^a   Jindal, S K ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Clinical characteristics; Outcomes; Thoracic empyema; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; STREPTOKINASE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INDIA; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PLEURA THICKENING; PLEURAL FIBROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THORACOTOMY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BRONCHIAL FISTULA; DRAINAGE; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; EMPYEMA, TUBERCULOUS; FEMALE; FISTULA; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION DISORDERS; PLEURA; PLEURAL DISEASES; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846658742     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2006.07.016     Document Type: Article

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