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Abstract
Presence of pus in a hollow organ or body cavity.
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.
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general or unspecified; prefer specifics but empyema unspecified may be EMPYEMA, PLEURAL: check text; coordinate with precoordinated organ/disease term
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- National Library of Medicine. Empyema. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004653. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004653
- Empyema. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empyema
- Empyema. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1339539