Open AccessEtiology of Empyema Thoracis And Parapneumonic Pleural Effusion in Taiwanese Children and Adolescents Younger Than 18 Years of Age
Author(s) -
Tzou Yien Lin,
Kao Pin Hwang,
Ching Chuan Liu,
Ren-Bin Tang,
Ching Yuang Lin,
Gwendolyn L. Gilbert,
Kiran Thapa,
Javier Sawchik Monegal,
Jean Yves Pirçon,
Melissa K. Van Dyke,
Yan Fang Liu,
LiMin Huang,
William P. Hausdorff
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the pediatric infectious disease journal/the pediatric infectious disease journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1532-0987
pISSN - 0891-3668
DOI - 10.1097/inf.0b013e31828637b1
Subject(s) - medicine , streptococcus pneumoniae , mycoplasma pneumoniae , empyema , haemophilus influenzae , parapneumonic effusion , serotype , pleural effusion , etiology , pleural fluid , effusion , pneumonia , mycoplasmataceae , haemophilus , respiratory disease , mycoplasma , microbiology and biotechnology , immunology , antibiotics , surgery , lung , mollicutes , bacteria , biology , genetics
We analyzed blood and pleural fluid samples from 89 Taiwanese children with empyema thoracis and parapneumonic pleural effusion. Streptococcus pneumoniae was the major pathogen, identified in 12 children by bacterial culture and 53 children by molecular techniques, and serotype 19A was the dominant serotype. Also noteworthy was the detection of pneumococcal serotype 1, Haemophilus influenzae and Mycoplasma pneumoniae in these children.