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Wikipedia Overview
An empyema is a collection or gathering of pus within a naturally existing anatomical cavity. The term is most commonly used to refer to pleural empyema, which is empyema of the pleural cavity. It is similar to or the same as abscess in meaning, but the context of use may sometimes be different. For instance, an appendicular empyema is in medicine now generally called an abscess.
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Empyema Necessitans - The New England Journal of Medicine
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Does Ibuprofen Increase the Risk for Empyema? - Medscape
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Right-Sided Empyema Thoracis Mimicking Pulmonary Tuberculosis Secondary to a Complicated Hepatic Cyst: A Diagnostic Pitfall - Cureus
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IET Protects Patients With Complicated Parapneumonic Pleural Effusion or Empyema - Infectious Disease Advisor
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Thoracic empyema: management with image-guided catheter drainage.Radiology - pubs.rsna.org
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Urinothorax and Empyema: Presentation of an Unusual Complication of a Rare Condition - Wiley Online Library
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Successful surgical management of a cerebellar subdural empyema in a domestic cat - Frontiers
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Empyema as an Unusual Presentation of Lung Cancer - Cureus
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Respirology Case Reports | APSR Respiratory Medicine Journal - Wiley Online Library
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A rare case report of Salmonella infection: severe necrotizing pneumonia with empyema in an immunocompetent child - Frontiers
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Complex Interplay of Empyema and Chylothorax: A Case Report With Nutritional and Clinical Implication - Cureus
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MRI Features of Ventricular Empyema Caused by Escherichia coli in a Dog - Wiley Online Library
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Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery for the Stage II Pleural Empyema: A Prospective Observational Study - Cureus
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Pulmonary Complications of Rheumatoid Arthritis Presenting as Spontaneous Pneumothorax and Empyema: A Case Report - Cureus
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Successful Surgical Treatment in Empyema Caused by an Atypical Pathogen: Non-typhoid Salmonella - Cureus
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Role of Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery in Acute Empyema in Children: A Retrospective Analysis - Cureus
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Post-flexible Bronchoscopy Escherichia coli Empyema: A Rare Complication or an Inflammatory Bacterial Translocation? - Cureus
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Smoking as a Contributing Factor in the Development of Empyema - Cureus
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Extended Intrapleural Tissue Plasminogen Activator (tPA)-Dornase Alfa (DNase) Therapy Beyond the Standard Multicenter Intrapleural Sepsis Trial 2 (MIST-2) Regimen in a High-Risk Patient With Complex Empyema: A Case Report - Cureus
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Active Surveillance and Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Between Two Passive Surveillance Periods Improve Detection and Characterization of Pleural Empyema: A 20-Year Study in Tijuana, Mexico - Cureus
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IDSA, PIDS Update Pediatric CAP Guidelines for Parapneumonic Effusion Management - Infectious Disease Advisor
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Commentary: A rare case report of Salmonella infection: severe necrotizing pneumonia with empyema in an immunocompetent child - Frontiers
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Role of Anti-coagulation in Lemierre's Syndrome With Empyema - Cureus
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C-reactive Protein Trends and Clinical Outcomes in Patients Treated for Complicated Parapneumonic Effusion and Empyema - Cureus
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Case Study of an Atypical Presentation of a Large Undiagnosed Empyema in the Setting of Hyperglycemia - Cureus
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Case Report: A case of tuberculous empyema causing rupture of the diaphragm was misdiagnosed as diaphragmatic hernia - Frontiers
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Pediatric Empyema: Background, Pathophysiology, Etiology - Medscape eMedicine
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UT Tyler Awarded Nearly $1 Million to Develop Treatment for Pleural Infection - UT Tyler
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Pleural Infection as the Clinical Presentation of Lung Cancer: A Case Report - Cureus
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Thoracic Extension of an Odontogenic Deep Neck Space Infection | IDR - Dove Medical Press
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No culture? No problem: Clinical utility and pitfalls of non-culture diagnostics for pneumococcal parapneumonic effusions - Frontiers
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Comparison of outcome between sole operation and operation after tube thoracostomy in late phase empyema - Nature
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A Rare Case of Polymicrobial Empyema Associated With COVID-19 Infection Complicated by a Bronchopleural Fistula - Cureus
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An interesting case of whitish pleural effusion: think beyond the obvious - ERS - European Respiratory Society
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Minimally invasive thoracic surgery for empyema - ERS - European Respiratory Society
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Accelerated treatment concept in postpneumonectomy empyema with bronchopleural fistula - Nature
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Sub-threshold hypoalbuminemia, anemia, and occult infection trigger post-lobectomy bronchopleural fistula: a case report - Frontiers
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A Rare Case of Tension Empyema Unveiling the Diagnostic Pitfalls of Pneumococcal Rapid Urinary Antigen - Cureus
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Optimal timing for video assisted thoracic surgery decortication for improved survival in chronic empyema - Nature
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Open decortication for patients presenting with stage III tuberculous empyema with low density lines on CT imaging - Nature
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Hepatopleural Fistula Secondary to a Persistent Liver Abscess: A Case Report - Cureus
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Empyema Necessitans: A Rare Complication of Chest Drains - Cureus
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Empyema necessitans as a rare manifestation of Staphylococcus aureus - Wiley Online Library
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Empyema necessitans complicating a mild COVID-19 infection in a young immunocompetent patient - Wiley Online Library
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Pleural cytokines MIF and MIP-3α as novel biomarkers for complicated parapneumonic effusions and empyema - Nature
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Closed Catheter Drainage for Klebsiella pneumoniae Empyema Necessitans - Ishaq - 2023 - Case Reports in Surgery - Wiley Online Library
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Respirology Case Reports | APSR Respiratory Medicine Journal - Wiley Online Library
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Empyema necessitans as a rare manifestation of Staphylococcus aureus - Wiley Online Library
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Streptococcus constellatus Empyema: A Case Highlighting the Need for Timely Surgical Intervention - Cureus
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Case Report: Empyema secondary to percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsy in three cases - Frontiers
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Unilateral Empyema Caused by Cutibacterium acnes in a Patient With Hepatic Abscess and History of Mastectomy - Consultant360
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Cerebral Epidural Empyema Caused by Propionibacterium AcnesRadiology - pubs.rsna.org
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A Case Report of Histoplasma-Associated Empyema Treated With Intravenous Injection and Local Thoracic Irrigation of Amphotericin B Plus Medical Thoracoscopy - Frontiers
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Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Empyema - Cureus
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Spontaneous Rupture of Empyema Necessitans in the Emergency Department - Cureus
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Empyema Treatment: Minimally Invasive Surgery - Hackensack Meridian Health
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Challenging Diagnosis of Streptococcus intermedius-Associated Empyema in an Immunocompetent Adult: A Case Report and Literature Review - Cureus
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Streptococcal Pneumonia and Empyema in Childhood - The New England Journal of Medicine
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Silent Invader: A Rare Case of Enterobacter aerogenes Empyema in a Hospice Patient With Complex Comorbidities - Cureus
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Pleural Empyema Due to Proteus Mirabilis in an Adult: A Rarely Encountered Clinical Scenario - Cureus
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Novel intrathoracic irrigation using ultrafine ozone bubbles in a rat empyema model - Nature
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Use of Proton Pump Inhibitor Linked to Risk for Pleural Empyema, Lung Abscess - Pulmonology Advisor
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A Case of Empyema and a Review of Practice in a District General Hospital - EMJ
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Two Cases of Group A Streptococcus-Induced Right Empyema: Rare Occurrences in Adult Medicine - Cureus
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Adjusting the RAPID score with 2 additional variables significantly increases its predictive value in patients with empyema - Nature
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Parvimonas micra: A Rare Cause of Pleural Empyema With COVID-19 Co-infection - Cureus
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Diagnostic Challenge of Tuberculous Pleural Effusion: Elevated Adenosine Deaminase (ADA) as the Key Indicator in the Absence of Microbiological Confirmation - Cureus
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Fusobacterium nucleatum-Induced Empyema Masquerading as Lung Cancer: A Diagnostic Challenge - Cureus
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Subdural Empyema as a Complication of Sinusitis: A Diagnosis to Keep in Mind - Cureus
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Tracheo-esophageal fistula and pleural empyema in the course of SARS-CoV-2 infection—A case report - Wiley Online Library
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Uniportal Thoracoscopic Debridement for Children With Refractory Pleural Empyema: Case Series of 21 Patients - Frontiers
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Post-Traumatic Potts Tumor with Frontal Empyema in a Child - medtalks.in
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Pleural empyema associated with alveolar-pleural fistulas in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 - Wiley Online Library
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Novel management of pseudomonas biofilm-like structure in a post-pneumonectomy empyema - Frontiers
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Complicated Management of Left-Sided Loculated Empyema Secondary to Streptococcus intermedius and Prevotella in a 53-Year-Old Male - Cureus
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IDR - Dove Medical Press
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A Fishy Tale: a Man with Empyema Caused by Streptococcus halichoeri - ASM Journals
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A Rare Case of Necrotizing Pneumonia and Pleural Empyema Secondary to Transdiaphragmatic Extension and Perforation of a Pyogenic Liver Abscess - Cureus
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Clostridium perfringens Empyema: Anaerobic Invasion in an Uncommon Location - Cureus
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Large infected pulmonary cyst mimicking empyema thoracis - Kang - 2021 - Clinical Case Reports - Wiley Online Library
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Negative-pressure wound therapy to treat thoracic empyema with COVID-19-related persistent air leaks: A case report - Frontiers
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Tuberculosis Empyema Necessitatis - The New England Journal of Medicine
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Detection of chronic empyema-associated malignancy using18F-FDG PET/CT - Journal of Nuclear Medicine
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A Rare Case of Pleural Empyema Caused by Campylobacter rectus - Cureus
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Staphylococcus aureus subcapsular splenic abscess and associated empyema in the setting of tocilizumab therapy: A case report - Wiley Online Library
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[Figure, Chronic Empyema, Computed Tomography Scan...] - StatPearls - National Institutes of Health (.gov)
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Metastatic lung cancer presenting as thoracic empyema. A Case report - Wiley Online Library
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Empyema Caused by Pasteurella multocida in a Patient With Chronic Obstructive Respiratory Disease Taking Inhaled Corticosteroids: A Case Report - Cureus
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Empyema necessitans: a rare presentation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection - CMAJ
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Acute Medicine & Surgery | JAAM Journal - Wiley Online Library
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Respirology Case Reports | APSR Respiratory Medicine Journal - Wiley Online Library
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Empyema Necessitatis: A Rare Complication of Empyema - Cureus
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Respirology Case Reports | APSR Respiratory Medicine Journal - Wiley Online Library
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Necrotizing Pneumonitis and Empyema Due to Microaerophilic Streptococci - The New England Journal of Medicine
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Orbital Cellulitis with Pansinusitis and Subdural Empyema - ScienceDirect.com
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Non-contrast Enhancing Group A Streptococcus Subdural Empyema: An Illustrative Case Report of a Potential Radiographic Pitfall - Cureus
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Empyema Resulting From a Nephro-Pleural Fistula in an Adult With Polycystic Kidney Disease With Obstructive Uropathy - Cureus
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A Case Report of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus-Related Pericardial Empyema: A Deadly Cardiac Risk - Cureus
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Unraveling a Unique Encounter of Fusobacterium nucleatum With Empyema: A Case Report and Review of Literature - Cureus
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Respirology Case Reports | APSR Respiratory Medicine Journal - Wiley Online Library
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