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Antibiotic treatment of patients with pneumonia and pleural effusion.
- Source :
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Current opinion in pulmonary medicine [Curr Opin Pulm Med] 1998 Jul; Vol. 4 (4), pp. 230-4. - Publication Year :
- 1998
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Abstract
- Despite all medical advances of this century, pneumonia is still a common condition and the sixth leading cause of mortality in the United States. A pleural effusion develops in up to 40% of cases of pneumonia and empyema in 5% to 10% of those patients. The morbidity and mortality rates in patients with pleural effusions as a consequence of pneumonia are higher than in patients with pneumonia alone. In this review we discuss the classification, bacteriology, and the appropriate antibiotic treatment of patients with parapneumonic pleural effusions.
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Child
Child, Preschool
Clinical Trials as Topic
Empyema, Pleural mortality
Female
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections microbiology
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections microbiology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pleural Effusion mortality
Pneumonia, Bacterial microbiology
Prognosis
Severity of Illness Index
Survival Rate
Treatment Outcome
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Drug Therapy, Combination administration & dosage
Empyema, Pleural drug therapy
Empyema, Pleural microbiology
Pleural Effusion drug therapy
Pleural Effusion microbiology
Pneumonia, Bacterial complications
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1070-5287
- Volume :
- 4
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Current opinion in pulmonary medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 10813239
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00063198-199807000-00009