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Abstract
Suppurative inflammation of the pleural space.
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- Empyema, Pleural
- Empyema, Thoracic
- Pyothorax
- Empyemas, Pleural
- Empyemas, Thoracic
- Pleural Empyemas
- Thoracic Empyema
- Thoracic Empyemas
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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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Indexing Annotation
if tuberculous = EMPYEMA, TUBERCULOUS
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History Note
92; was see EMPYEMA 1984-91; PYOTHORAX was see EMPYEMA 1984-91
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- Empyema (1966-1991)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Pleural Empyema. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016724. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016724
- Pleural Empyema. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleural_empyema
- Pleural Empyema. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q200781