Contemporary empyema thoracis necessitans in an adult male caused by Staphylococcus aureus: decortication is superior to traditional under water seal intercostal tube in chronic empyema

Empyema thoracis necessitans is a rare clinical finding nowadays. We report 55 years old Saudi male with past history of road traffic accident, poly trauma, chest surgery and paraplegia admitted for rehabilitation in Sultan Bin Abduaziz Humanitarian City (SBAHC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and diagnosed w...

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Autores principales: Chaudhry, Liaqat Ali, Mousa, Ahmed A Ba, Zamzami, Marwan, Robert, Asirvatham Alwin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4458315/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26090063
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2015.20.115.5865

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4458315/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26090063
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2015.20.115.5865

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