Empyema - A complication of vacuum-assisted closure of infected thoracotomy wounds in two consecutive cases

American Surgeon

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 349-350

  Patel, Niyant V ^a   Shah, Rachit D ^a   Welsh, Robert J ^a   Chmielewski, Gary W ^a,b  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMPYEMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PLEURA FLUID; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL INFECTION; THORACOTOMY; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND DRESSING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PLEURA EMPYEMA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; WOUND DRAINAGE;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRAINAGE; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 65549141186     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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