Hospital-acquired thoracic empyema in adults: A 5-year study

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 909-914

  Chen, Wei ^a   Lin, Yu Chao ^a   Liang, Shinn Jye ^a   Tu, Chih Yen ^a   Chen, Hung Jen ^a   Hang, Liang Wen ^a   Hsu, Wu Huei ^a   Shih, Chuen Ming ^a,b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bacteriology; Hospital acquired; Pneumonia; Thoracic empyema

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; AGED; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT INFECTION; CATHETER INFECTION; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PLEURA EMPYEMA; SEPTIC SHOCK; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; CROSS INFECTION; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349119560     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181b22c52     Document Type: Article

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