Blood Culture and Pleural Fluid Culture Yields in Pediatric Empyema Patients: A Retrospective Review, 1996–2016

Empyema is a complication of community-acquired pneumonia. We conducted a retrospective analysis of empyema patients discharged from 1996 to 2016, examining culture results according to timing of antibiotic administration. Blood culture decreased from 45% to 4% after antibiotics, and pleural fluid c...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Pediatric infectious disease journal 2018-09, Vol.37 (9), p.952-954
Hauptverfasser:	Stankey, Christina T, Spaulding, Alicen B, Doucette, Angela, Hamre, Karen E S, Wheeler, William, Pomputius, William F, Kurachek, Stephen
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use Blood Culture Child Child, Preschool Community-Acquired Infections - complications Community-Acquired Infections - drug therapy Community-Acquired Infections - microbiology Empyema, Pleural - drug therapy Empyema, Pleural - microbiology Exudates and Transudates Female Humans Infant Male Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - drug effects Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification Pleural Effusion - microbiology Pneumonia - drug therapy Pneumonia - microbiology Retrospective Studies Streptococcus pneumoniae - drug effects
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Zusammenfassung:	Empyema is a complication of community-acquired pneumonia. We conducted a retrospective analysis of empyema patients discharged from 1996 to 2016, examining culture results according to timing of antibiotic administration. Blood culture decreased from 45% to 4% after antibiotics, and pleural fluid culture yield decreased from 67% to 30%. More than half of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus cases occurred from 2011 to 2016.
ISSN:	0891-3668 1532-0987
DOI:	10.1097/INF.0000000000001940