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ArticleRespiratory medicine case reports2025

Empyema associated with

Senichi Fukuda, Yuya Homma, Hiroki Kawakami, Soichiro Yamaji, Yuki Sato, Nao Sato, Reina Idemitsu, Taiki Kawai, Naoki Inoshima, Jun Hayashi and 6 more

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Article in Respiratory medicine case reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Senichi FukudaDepartment of Pulmonology, Kameda Medical Center, 929 Higashi-cho, Kamogawa, Chiba, 296-8602, Japan.
Yuya HommaDepartment of Pulmonology, Kameda Medical Center, 929 Higashi-cho, Kamogawa, Chiba, 296-8602, Japan.
Hiroki KawakamiDepartment of Pulmonology, Kameda Medical Center, 929 Higashi-cho, Kamogawa, Chiba, 296-8602, Japan.
Soichiro YamajiDepartment of Pulmonology, Kameda Medical Center, 929 Higashi-cho, Kamogawa, Chiba, 296-8602, Japan.
Yuki SatoDepartment of Pulmonology, Kameda Medical Center, 929 Higashi-cho, Kamogawa, Chiba, 296-8602, Japan.
Nao SatoDepartment of Pulmonology, Kameda Medical Center, 929 Higashi-cho, Kamogawa, Chiba, 296-8602, Japan.
Reina IdemitsuDepartment of Pulmonology, Kameda Medical Center, 929 Higashi-cho, Kamogawa, Chiba, 296-8602, Japan.
Taiki KawaiDepartment of Pulmonology, Kameda Medical Center, 929 Higashi-cho, Kamogawa, Chiba, 296-8602, Japan.
Naoki InoshimaDepartment of Pulmonology, Kameda Medical Center, 929 Higashi-cho, Kamogawa, Chiba, 296-8602, Japan.
Jun HayashiDepartment of Pulmonology, Kameda Medical Center, 929 Higashi-cho, Kamogawa, Chiba, 296-8602, Japan.
Norihiko KubotaDepartment of Pulmonology, Kameda Medical Center, 929 Higashi-cho, Kamogawa, Chiba, 296-8602, Japan.
Tatsuya NagaiDepartment of Pulmonology, Kameda Medical Center, 929 Higashi-cho, Kamogawa, Chiba, 296-8602, Japan.
Ayumu OtsukiDepartment of Pulmonology, Kameda Medical Center, 929 Higashi-cho, Kamogawa, Chiba, 296-8602, Japan.
Hiroyuki ItoDepartment of Pulmonology, Kameda Medical Center, 929 Higashi-cho, Kamogawa, Chiba, 296-8602, Japan.
Hiroshi SugimuraDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Kameda Medical Center, 929 Higashi-cho, Kamogawa, Chiba, 296-8602, Japan.
Kei NakashimaDepartment of Pulmonology, Kameda Medical Center, 929 Higashi-cho, Kamogawa, Chiba, 296-8602, Japan.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 77-year-old man presented with right-sided chest pain and dyspnea. Computed tomography revealed a loculated pleural effusion, and thoracentesis yielded purulent fluid.

Indexed as

Actinomyces georgiaeActinomycosisEmpyemaVideo-assisted thoracoscopic surgery

Identifiers

PMID40688710
PMCPMC12272784

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