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(Chest. 1959;36:31-36.)
© 1959 American College of Chest Physicians

The Effect of Drugs upon the Infectiousness of Postthoracotomy Pleural Air Spaces and Tuberculous Empyemas

DAVID V. PECORA M.D.1

1 The Ray Brook State Tuberculosis Hospital.

1. The natural history of postthoracotomy pleural air spaces and empyemas in infectious cases is reviewed with an attempt to evaluate the effect of drug treatment. The effect of drugs, although generally beneficial, is unpredictable.

2. Obliteration of the pleural space is an important part of the prophylaxis and treatment of empyema. Methods are discussed.

3. Infections of postthoracotomy pleural spaces appear to originate from contiguous lung tissue.

4. Early diagnosis of postthoracotomy empyema can be accomplished best by serial roentgenography and from sputum bacteriology.






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