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Empyema management: A cohort study evaluating antimicrobial therapy.

Kate Birkenkamp¹, John C O'Horo², Rahul Kashyap³

¹Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.

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|March 19, 2016

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Aggressive antimicrobial therapy for empyema, particularly parenteral courses lasting around three weeks, appears effective in preventing clinical failure. Further research is needed to optimize treatment regimens for this condition.

Keywords:

Empyema Parapneumonic effusion Pleural effusion Pleural infection

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Area of Science:

Infectious Diseases
Pulmonology
Critical Care Medicine

Background:

Empyemas necessitate prompt antimicrobial and surgical interventions.
Optimal antimicrobial therapy strategies for empyema lack robust clinical trial data.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the management and outcomes of patients with empyema.
To analyze antimicrobial therapy duration and its impact on clinical failure rates.

Main Methods:

Retrospective cohort study of 91 patients hospitalized with empyema between 2000 and 2010.
Data collection included demographics, laboratory findings, treatments, and outcomes.
Descriptive statistics were used for data summarization.

Main Results:

Viridans group streptococci were the predominant pathogens (64% of positive cultures).
Median hospitalization was 9 days; median antimicrobial therapy duration was 27 days post-source control.
Longer parenteral antimicrobial courses correlated with reduced clinical failure.

Conclusions:

The study identified a higher prevalence of viridans group streptococci in empyema cases than anticipated.
Approximately three weeks of antimicrobial therapy generally proved adequate in preventing clinical failure.
Larger studies are required to establish definitive optimal antimicrobial regimens for empyema.