Microbiological profile of tubercular and nontubercular empyemas and its impact on clinical outcomes: A retrospective analysis of 285 consecutively operated cases

Conclusions: This study highlights the emergence of Gram-negative organisms in bacterial empyema and emergence of multidrug resistance in tubercular empyema. Clinical outcome correlation revealed increased complications in culture-positive cases in both tubercular and nontubercular empyemas.

Source: Lung India - August 30, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Mohan Venkatesh Pulle Belal Bin Asaf Arvind Kumar Harsh Vardhan Puri CL Vijay Sukhram Bishnoi Source Type: research