An urgent problem of aerobic gram-negative pathogen infection in complicated parapneumonic effusions or empyemas

Internal Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 1173-1178

  Lin, Yu Chao ^a   Tu, Chih Yeh ^a   Chen, Wei ^a   Tsai, Yu Lin ^a   Chen, Hung Jen ^a   Hsu, Wu Huei ^a   Shih, Chuen Ming ^a,b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bacterial infection; Complicated parapneumonic effusion; Empyema

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; AGED; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARAPNEUMONIC EFFUSION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX SURGERY; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOGENICITY; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PREVALENCE; PROTEUS; PROTEUS INFECTIONS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34548098935     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.46.6451     Document Type: Article

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