title: Report of increased number of children with parapneumonic empyema as a complication of bacterial pneumonia in West Virginia in 2005.
authors.affiliation: Ohio State University, USA.
authors.forename: Kathyrn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Moffett
authors.forename: Ann-Marie
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Tantoco
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D022242:Pneumococcal Vaccines / Q000276:immunology / Q000494:pharmacology; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D013906:Thoracoscopy; D014903:West Virginia / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D022242:Pneumococcal Vaccines