title: Empyema--a complication of vacuum-assisted closure of infected thoracotomy wounds in two consecutive cases.
authors.forename: Niyant V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: Rachit D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Welsh
authors.forename: Gary W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Chmielewski
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods; D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D054843:Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods*