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Case Reports
. 1980 Apr;73(4):533-4.
doi: 10.1097/00007611-198004000-00042.

Successful treatment of empyema with thoracocenteses and intrapleural antibiotics

M R Mittapalli
Case Reports

Successful treatment of empyema with thoracocenteses and intrapleural antibiotics

M R Mittapalli. South Med J. 1980 Apr.

Abstract

Daily thoracocentesis and treatment with an appropriate antibiotic instilled into the pleural space, continued until the returns are clear, may still have a significant role in the treatment of empyema, thereby avoiding the discomforts and disadvantages of chest tube insertion.

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