title: [The pathogen spectrum in acute and chronic pleural empyema].
abstract: A retrospective analysis of the causative organisms was performed in 162 cases of empyema: 132/162 (= 81.5%) cases had positive cultures. Twenty-two different organisms were cultured from 235 isolates. The aerobic gram-positive bacteria were the largest group (61.7%), followed by aerobic gram-negative rods (21.7%), anaerobic bacteria (8.5%), and mycobacteria (5.1%). 1.8 bacterial species were recovered for each case of empyema. Polymicrobial empyema accounted for 48% of the cases. Therefore more than one antimicrobial agent should be administered to ensure adequate coverage.
authors.affiliation: Thoraxklinik Heidelberg-Rohrbach.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ebert
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bülzebruck
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Bauer
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D014396:Tuberculosis, Pleural / Q000382:microbiology
vernacular_title: Erregerspektrum beim akuten und chronischen Pleuraempyem.