title: Diagnosis and management of empyema.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
authors.forename: Holenarasipur R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Vikram
authors.forename: Vincent J
authors.initials: VJ
authors.lastname: Quagliarello
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000465:Algorithms; D015505:Chest Tubes; D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents / Q000145:classification / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000472:pathogenicity; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000472:pathogenicity; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000472:pathogenicity; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D013907:Thoracostomy / Q000379:methods; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents