BACKGROUND There are several studies reporting high success rates for surgical and nonsurgical treatments of empyema separately. The aim of current retrospective cohort study is to find the best treatment in low socio-economic areas. MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 149 patients were treated in the referring hospital from January 2002 to December 2008. The current retrospective cohort study wa...

Background: Empyema thoracis is a condition resulting in the accumulation of purulent fluid pleural cavity. It common source illness among young children and most sequela bacterial pneumonia. Aims Objectives: This study was to determine clinico-microbiological profile, causative agents, antimicrobial susceptibility patterns isolates population. Materials Methods: Prospective observational done ...

TOPIC: Chest Infections TYPE: Medical Student/Resident Case Reports INTRODUCTION: Physicians recognize the problem of lung abscesses and empyema thoracis since time Hippocrates, it continues to pose a challenge for present-day physicians. Anaerobic bacterial infection was considered most common cause abscess until current century. However, other infectious causes are becoming increasingly as mo...