title: Pleural empyema caused by Klebsiella oxytoca: a case series.
abstract: We report on 19 patients from Western Australia of pleural empyema with Klebsiella oxytoca, an organism never before reported in association with this condition. Median age was 65 years, 14/17 (83%) had been in hospital within 30 days prior to diagnosis, 12/18 (67%) had active cancer, 9/17 (53%) had been in intensive care and 7/17 (41%) had prior surgery. Nine patients died at the time of censure, five within 90 days of infection.
authors: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
authors: Elizabeth
authors: E
authors: Suthers
authors: Andrew
authors: A
authors: Rosenstengel
authors: Julie
authors: J
authors: Hart
authors: Joshua R
authors: JR
authors: Lewis
authors: Ian
authors: I
authors: Kay
authors: Grant
authors: G
authors: Waterer
authors: Y C Gary
authors: YC
authors: Lee
authors: Fraser
authors: F
authors: Brims
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007710:Klebsiella Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D041121:Klebsiella oxytoca / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014904:Western Australia / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: Klebsiella oxytoca; empyema; nosocomial infection; pleural