Combination of internal treatment and surgical treatment of empyema in children
- Author:
Van Khanh Ta
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
empyema
- MeSH:
Empyema;
therapeutics;
surgery;
child
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2000;392(12):9-12
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
During a period 4 year (1.1996- 12.1999) 235 cases were diagnosed with empyema. 169 specimens were cultured. The result showed that: positive 79 (47.3%). Among them the positive gram were: 58 (73.41%), espscially S.aureus: 55 (69.62%). The negative gram were: 21 (26.58%) and most of them were Klebsiella: (12.65%). Antibiotic therapy was applied with drainage effussion. 15 cases were thoracocentesis; 166 cases closed drainage were good result. 54 cases were early decotication. Motality rate was: 9.25%.
