Adult thoracic empyema: A comparative analysis of tuberculous and nontuberculous etiology in 75 patients | Zendy

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Adult thoracic empyema: A comparative analysis of tuberculous and nontuberculous etiology in 75 patients

Author(s) -

Subhra Mitra,

Somenath Kundu,

Subhasis Mukherjee,

Soumya Das

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

lung india

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457

H-Index - 25

eISSN - 0974-598X

pISSN - 0970-2113

DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.71939

Subject(s) - medicine , empyema , bronchopleural fistula , tuberculosis , surgery , etiology , parapneumonic effusion , nontuberculous mycobacteria , prospective cohort study , pneumonectomy , lung , pathology , mycobacterium , pleural effusion , pleural fluid

Thoracic empyema is a disease of significant morbidity and mortality, especially in the developing world where tuberculosis remains a common cause. Clinical outcomes in tuberculous empyema are complicated by the presence of concomitant fibrocavitary parenchymal disease and frequent bronchopleural fistulae. We performed a prospective study over a one-and-a-half-year period with the objective of comparing the clinical profiles and outcomes of patients with tuberculous and nontuberculous empyema.

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