Open AccessMicrobiological profile of tubercular and nontubercular empyemas and its impact on clinical outcomes: A retrospective analysis of 285 consecutively operated cases
Author(s) -
Mohan Venkatesh Pulle,
Belal Bin Asaf,
Arvind Kumar,
Harsh Vardhan Puri,
C L Vijay,
Sukhram Bishnoi
Publication year - 2020
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/lungindia.lungindia_553_19
Subject(s) - medicine , empyema , perioperative , tuberculosis , microbiological culture , incidence (geometry) , surgery , pseudomonas aeruginosa , retrospective cohort study , pathology , bacteria , physics , biology , optics , genetics
Empyema thoracis is an entity seen across all age groups. This study aims at reporting a detailed microbiological profile of "pus and pleural tissue" in patients operated for empyema thoracis and also correlating it with perioperative clinical outcomes.