Tuberculous Empyema

07/01/2003 - "There is a need for randomised trials of intrapleural streptokinase treatment in tuberculous empyema."
08/01/1959 - "[Streptokinase-streptodornase in the treatment of thoracic tuberculous empyema: report on 4 cases]."
04/01/1952 - "Tuberculous empyema treated with streptokinase-streptodornase: report of a case with cure."

01/01/2007 - "Clinical studies were conducted in the treatment of patients with tuberculous empyema (n = 25) and those with endobronchial pathology of tuberculosis and comorbid genesis (n = 30). "

03/01/1996 - "[Streptomycin and alkalinization in the therapy of tuberculous empyema]."
06/01/1950 - "Streptomycin plus alkalinization of the pleural cavity in the treatment of tuberculous empyema."
01/01/1950 - "Streptomycin therapy in tuberculous empyema."
06/01/1950 - "Thoracoplasty and streptomycin in the treatment of tuberculous empyema."
09/22/1951 - "Thrombopenic purpura during streptomycin treatment of tuberculous empyema; report of a case."

07/01/1956 - "[Medical treatment of pleural tuberculous empyema with isoniazid]."
06/01/1955 - "Intrapleural administration of isoniazid in tuberculous empyema; concentration in serum and pleural fluid."
06/28/1954 - "[Treatment for tuberculous empyema with isonicotinic acid hydrazide]."
01/01/1954 - "[Treatment of tuberculous empyema with local instillations of isoniazid]."
01/01/1954 - "[Local treatment of the tuberculous empyema with isonicotinic acid hydrazide]."

07/01/1951 - "[Para-aminosalicylic acid in the treatment of tuberculous empyema]."
06/21/1950 - "[Treatment of tuberculous empyema and exudation with p-aminosalicylic acid]."

02/01/1996 - "However, high values for ADA and lysozyme ratios are not, alone or in combination, sensitive or specific enough to replace pleural biopsy or culture of pleural fluid for the diagnosis of tuberculous empyema."
11/01/1982 - "All patients with tuberculous pleurisy or tuberculous empyema, as well as a group of patients with suspected tuberculous effusion, had pleural fluid to serum lysozyme ratio of 1.0 or greater. "

11/01/1956 - "[Hydrocortisone in topical therapy of pleuritis and in tuberculous empyema]."
10/01/1955 - "[Contribution to local hydrocortisone therapy of pleurisy and tuberculous empyema]."

09/01/1952 - "Streptomycin and dihydrostreptomycin in the treatment of tuberculous empyema. "
09/01/1952 - "Streptomycin and dihydrostreptomycin in the treatment of tuberculous empyema. "

08/01/1959 - "[Streptokinase-streptodornase in the treatment of thoracic tuberculous empyema: report on 4 cases]."
04/01/1952 - "Tuberculous empyema treated with streptokinase-streptodornase: report of a case with cure."

09/01/1949 - "[Tuberculous empyema from cavernal rupture in the course of pneumothorax and its treatment with antibiotics]."
11/01/1962 - "[The topical treatment of tuberculous empyema with proteolytic enzymes in association with antimycobacterial agents]."

12/01/1980 - "[Chronic tuberculous empyema treated by an improved intrapleural thoracoplasty: clinical report of 77 cases (author's transl)]."
06/01/2015 - "Thoracoplasty is a historical procedure, initially devised for the treatment of refractory tuberculous empyema. "
11/01/1985 - "This case demonstrates a therapeutic program that was an effective alternative to decortication or thoracoplasty for tuberculous empyema in an irreducible pleural space."
12/01/1980 - "[Clinical analysis of 102 cases of chronic tuberculous empyema treated with modified Heller's thoracoplasty (author's transl)]."
03/01/1963 - "[On remote results of thoracoplasty in tuberculous empyema]."

03/01/2005 - "We report here our 13-year experience treating chronic tuberculous empyema by open window thoracostomy. "
06/01/2000 - "The Open Window Thoracostomy (OWT) surgical method find its origin in the treatment of chronic tuberculous empyemas, in the cases where the drainage alone not permitted a sufficient cleaning of pleural cavity. "
03/01/2005 - "[Evaluation of open window thoracostomy for chronic tuberculous empyema with broncho-pleural fistula; a retrospective analysis of 33 cases]."
03/01/2013 - "The effective management of chronic tuberculous empyema requires an evacuation of pus and a re-expansion of the lung or an obliteration of the empyema space such as closed thoracostomy, decortication, or open window thoracostomy (OWT) followed by intrathoracic muscular transposition (IMT). "

05/01/2009 - "The indication for surgery was a single destroyed lung in 34 cases, an aspergilloma in 29 cases, tuberculous empyema in 14 and multidrug resistant TB in 5. The procedure undertaken was a pneumonectomy in 32 cases a pleurectomy and pneumonectomy in 45 cases and a completion pneumonectomy in 8 cases. "
11/01/1992 - "In conclusion, pneumonectomy is one of the radical operation for destroyed lung or chronic tuberculous empyema with low pulmonary function and complaints. "
11/01/1992 - "Fourteen patients underwent pneumonectomy for destroyed lung or tuberculous empyema at the Shimada Municipal Hospital from September 1980 to December 1985. "
11/01/1992 - "[Pneumonectomy for destroyed lung or chronic tuberculous empyema]."
04/01/1958 - "Some problems in extrapleural pneumonectomy for tuberculous empyema and destroyed lung."

01/01/2002 - "A programme has been developed to treat patients with tuberculous empyema, which is based on a combination of total specific chemotherapy, local action on a tuberculous process, and final surgical intervention. "
12/01/1978 - "The author is of the opinion that cases of tuberculous empyema are being misdiagnosed and, consequently, they are not given appropriate chemotherapy, and this might have contributed to the high mortality rate previously reported."
12/20/1952 - "LOCAL chemotherapy for tuberculous empyema."
12/01/1998 - "We conclude that the treatment outcome of tuberculous empyema is less satisfactory than that of pulmonary tuberculosis, however, modern multidrug chemotherapy with repeated drainage and opportune surgical interventions could be in prospect of successful treatment of tuberculous empyema."
04/01/1996 - "So under the poor prognosis of treatment with radiation or chemotherapy for non-Hodgkin lymphoma originating from chronic tuberculous empyema, we conclude that the complete resection of tumor and empyema, so called pleuropneumonectomy, is the best way to cure this disease."

10/01/2010 - "Duration of illness and mean duration of chest tube drainage were longer (48.7 vs. 23.2 days) in patients with tuberculous empyema. "
01/01/1990 - "The remaining two were acquired intercostal hernias at the site of prior chest-tube drainage of tuberculous empyemas. "