ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2019
Pleural Tap-Guided Antimicrobial Treatment for Pneumonia with Parapneumonic Effusion or Pleural Empyema in Children: A Single-Center Cohort Study.
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- Efficacy, Safety, and Long-Term Outcomes of Shorter (≤ 4 Weeks) Versus Longer (> 4 Weeks) Antibiotic Therapy in Pediatric Empyema Thoracis: A Systematic Review.Indian pediatrics · 2026Pooled it
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- Parapneumonic empyema in children: a scoping review of the literature.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2024Article
- The role of the early video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in children with pleural empyema.Pediatric surgery international · 2024Observational
- Structured Immune Workup in Healthy Children With a First Episode of Severe Bacterial Infection: A 7-year Single-Center Study.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2023Article
- The Effect of CT-Guided Artificial Pneumothorax plus Thoracoscopy and Central Venous Catheterization on the Drainage Effect of Pediatric Empyema and Pulmonary Function.Contrast media & molecular imaging · 2022Article
- Management of thoracic empyema in children: a survey of the Australia and New Zealand Association of Paediatric Surgeons (ANZAPS).Pediatric surgery international · 2021Article
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Abstract
Parapneumonic effusion or pleural empyema (PPE/PE) is a frequent complication of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in children. Different management approaches exist for this condition. We evaluated a 14-day treatment with amoxicillin (AMX) with/without clavulanic acid (AMC) confirmed or modified by microbiological findings from pleural tap. Children ≤16 years of age with radiologically diagnosed PPE/PE and initial diagnostic pleural tap were included at University Children's Hospital Zurich from 2001-2015. AMX/AMC was given for 14 days and rationalized according to microbiological pleural tap results. Clinical and radiological follow-up was scheduled until six months or full recovery. In 114 of 147 (78%) children with PPE/PE a pathogen was identified by culture, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and/or antigen testing.
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