Pleural Peels Tissue Culture plus Pleural Fluid Culture Help to Improve Culture Rate for Empyema
Background: Empyema is known as a serious infection, and outcomes of empyema cases remain poor. Pleural fluid culture and blood culture have been reported to give unsatisfactory results. We introduce a novel pleural peels tissue culture during surgery and aim to improve the culture results of empyem...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2022-03-01
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Series: | Journal of Clinical Medicine |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/11/7/1882 |