John P Corcoran, John M Wrightson, Elizabeth Belcher, Malcolm M DeCamp, David Feller-Kopman, Najib M Rahman
Pleural space infections are increasing in incidence and continue to have high associated morbidity, mortality, and need for invasive treatments such as thoracic surgery. The mechanisms of progression from a non-infected, pneumonia-related effusion to a confirmed pleural infection have been well described in the scientific literature, but the route by which pathogenic organisms access the pleural space is poorly understood. Data suggests that not all pleural infections can be related to lung parenchymal infection...
July 2015: Lancet Respiratory Medicine