Anaerobic empyema thoracis. The role of anaerobes in 226 cases of culture-proven empyemas

Arch Intern Med. 1973 Apr;131(4):521-7. doi: 10.1001/archinte.131.4.521.
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MeSH terms

  • Actinomyces / isolation & purification
  • Actinomycetales Infections / diagnosis
  • Actinomycetales Infections / mortality
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Anaerobiosis
  • Bacteroides / isolation & purification
  • Bacteroides Infections / diagnosis
  • Bacteroides Infections / mortality
  • Child
  • Clostridium / isolation & purification
  • Clostridium Infections / diagnosis
  • Clostridium Infections / mortality
  • Empyema / microbiology*
  • Empyema / mortality
  • Female
  • Fusobacterium / isolation & purification
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Peptostreptococcus / isolation & purification
  • Thoracic Diseases / microbiology*
  • Thoracic Diseases / mortality