title: Empyema Necessitatis.
authors.affiliation: Fluminense Federal University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ronaldogismondi@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Ronaldo A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Gismondi
authors.affiliation: Fluminense Federal University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ronaldogismondi@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Luiz F F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: de Souza
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D004654:Empyema, Tuberculous / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013909:Thorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed