Diagnosis and management of parapneumonic effusions and empyema

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1480-1486

  Sahn, Steve A ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; STREPTOKINASE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMPYEMA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; PARAPNEUMONIC EFFUSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PH; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ULTRASOUND; ARTICLE; PLEURA EMPYEMA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; HUMANS; PLEURAL EFFUSION;

EID: 38449103788     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/522996     Document Type: Review

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