Recent advances in the management of thoracic surgical infections.
Current management of infections in thoracic surgery is reviewed. The selection of patients for the use of antibiotics prophylactically, the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary infection in immunosuppressed patients, indications for operation in patients with fungal infections, bronchiectasis, lung abscess, and empyema, and the management of mediastinitis after sternotomy and of postpneumonectomy space infections is described.
D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001987:Bronchiectasis / Q000628:therapy; D004653:Empyema / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control; D008169:Lung Abscess / Q000628:therapy; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000188:drug therapy; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013249:Sternum / Q000601:surgery; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000517:prevention & control; D013903:Thoracic Surgery; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000188:drug therapy
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000995:Antitubercular Agents; D000666:Amphotericin B