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Bacterial infections of the pleural space
1Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205.
Seminars in Respiratory Infections
|December 1, 1988
Abstract:
Empyema has been a prominent component of the medical literature since the time of Hippocrates. The condition has proven to be a rapidly moving target with a considerable shifting in bacteriologic patterns, diagnostic methods, and guidelines for clinical management. The most common etiologic agents are bacteria, which are the subject of this review.