Pleural empyema in children: a nationwide retrospective study.
Military hospitals across the United States provided data for this study on pediatric patients with pleural empyema. Haemophilus influenzae type b (17%), Streptococcus pneumoniae (14%), and Staphylococcus aureus (11%) were the most common etiologic agents. Male patients predominated, except among blacks. The mortality was high in patients with hospital-acquired empyemas.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000150:complications; D004653:Empyema / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006192:Haemophilus Infections / Q000150:complications; D006193:Haemophilus influenzae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000150:complications; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000150:complications; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014481:United States