title: [Purulent pleurisy in a specialized hospital environment in Bamako].
abstract: We report the results of a retrospective study of 108 cases of pleural empyema collected in the Pneumo-Phthisiology Department of the National Hospital of "Point G" from September 1984 to August 1990. The sex-ratio is 3/1 in favour of males with a mean age of 35.5 years. The pleural empyema represent 2.2% of all patients admitted in the Hospital and 20.2% of liquid effusions of the Pleura observed during the study period. The causal common germ has been placed in a proeminent position in 18 cases (16.7%) including 14 cases of gram-positive germs. Tuberculous aetiology has been proven in 16 cases (27.6%) against 67 cases of bacterial pleuresies (62%). The initial treatment has consisted in an empirical antibiotherapy of a large spectrum associated with repeated washing punctions. A short-term antituberculous chemotherapy (8 months, 2RHZS(6TH)) has been administrated each time the tuberculous aetiology has been proven or strongly presumed. The therapeutic results have been favourable in 85 cases (78.7%) and unfavourable in 23 cases (21%) including 10 deaths (9.2%).
authors.affiliation: Service de Pneumo-Phtisiologie H. du Point G, Bamako, Mali.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Keita
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kone
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sangare
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006782:Hospitals, Special; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008302:Mali; D008875:Middle Aged; D010998:Pleurisy / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: Les pleurésies purulentes en milieu hospitalier spécialisé à Bamako.