The objective of this study was to increase our understanding of the importance of members of the Streptococcus milleri (SM) group as respiratory pathogens, by studying the epidemiological and clinical features of thoracic infections caused by this group and comparing the epidemiology and prognosis of empyema caused by SM with cases of pneumococcal aetiology. The clinical histories and microbio...

Salmonella infection may be increased by alterations in the gastrointestinal tract, including decreased gastric acidity and chronic gastrointestinal disease. Leukocytosis was noted in 25% of patients. In fact, two thirds of the patients had a normal leukocyte count with immature leukocytes, which may be attributable to their relatively impaired cell-mediated immunity. The predominant organism i...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To determine the success and complication rates of fibrinolytic therapy (FL) in the treatment of thoracic empyema. DESIGN AND PATIENTS Between December 1992 and November 1994, all patients referred with empyema thoracis (ET) were offered FL. FL consisted of streptokinase (275,000 +/- 170,000 IU) or urokinase (121,000 +/- 57,000 IU) daily for a mean of 6.2 +/- 2.1 days. SETTI...

Open thoracotomy is the standard procedure for various thoracic diseases against which other procedures are compared. Currently Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) has gained widespread acceptance in the management of a variety of thoracic disorders. It decreases the morbidity and duration of hospital stay. A total of 133 children with various thoracic diseases who presented at a Univer...

Intrapulmonary aberrant needles are rare in clinical practice. Most common cause till date is the intra-thoracic migration of pins and wires commonly used in treatment of fractures and dislocations of upper extremity. Some cases of traumatic intra-thoracic insertion of needles have also been reported. We report a patient of empyema thoracis due to unusual habit of self-insertion of needles in h...

Introduction. Coronavirus disease 2019 is an infectious that primarily affects the lungs. Since pandemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 continues and a large number cases are registered worldwide, knowledge about virus virus-related complications growing as well. Pleural complications, pneumothorax, empyema important issues affecting better patient survival. Bacterial superi...

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: Thoracic surgery as a specialty had its beginning in the surgical treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis and its pleural space problems. This began with using sand bags and positioning of patients with the diseased side down. Fowler (1893) and Delorme (1894) were the first physicians to describe how to free the entrapped lung and in 1886 Delorme first used the term decortica...

Objectives: Empyema thoracis is a common thoracic disease seen in both developing and developed countries. Despite modern management techniques, this condition is still associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Video assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) has become an established mode of treatment for this condition; however the first-line approach and timing of surgical intervention...