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Published on: October 5, 2015
Empyema presenting over thirty years after pulmonary tuberculosis
Abstract:
Four patients are described who presented with empyema between 32 and 53 years after pulmonary tuberculosis had been treated by artificial pneumothorax (A.P.) without chemotherapy. Diagnostic problems included non-specific radiographic features and failure to find a causative organism. Empyema should be considered when patients with old pulmonary tuberculosis deteriorate and there are non-specific radiographic changes. Antituberculosis chemotherapy, or even decortication, may be indicated if a pyogenic organism cannot be found.
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