Bacteriological aetiology and antimicrobial treatment of pleural empyema

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 165-169

  Meyer, Christian N ^a   Rosenlund, Signe ^a   Nielsen, Jannie ^b   Friis Møller, Alice ^c  

^a Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^b HOLBÆK HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

antibiotics; empyema; microbiology; outcome; Pleural infection

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFUROXIME; ERYTHROMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIXED INFECTION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THORACOCENTESIS;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79951643628     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365548.2010.536162     Document Type: Article

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