PENICILLIN TREATMENT OF EMPYEMA: REPORT OF 24 CASES AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
Authors: B BROWN, E M ORY
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1946)

Article1 March 1946PENICILLIN TREATMENT OF EMPYEMA: REPORT OF 24 CASES AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATUREBRUCE BROWN, M.D., EDWIN M. ORY, M.D., MANSON MEADS, M.D., MAXWELL FINLAND, M.D., F.A.C.P.BRUCE BROWN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, EDWIN M. ORY, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, MANSON MEADS, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, MAXWELL FINLAND, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-24-3-343 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIt is generally conceded that the sulfonamide drugs have not been successful in effecting cures in cases of empyema once frank pus has developed in the pleural cavity. The most that can be expected from these drugs is a reduction in the incidence of empyema when they are properly used in the treatment of pneumonia, a reduction in mortality in operated cases and possibly the cure without open drainage of an occasional empyema that is treated very early.1-10Certain properties of penicillin as a therapeutic agent suggest that it should be more useful than the sulfonamides in cases of empyema....Bibliography1. HURWITZSTEPHENS SHB: Empyema in children, Jr. Pediat., 1939, xiv, 11. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. THOMPSONEDWARDSHOAGLAND LDJCCL: Experiences in the treatment of lobar pneumonia, Ann. Int. Med., 1940, xiii, 1138. Google Scholar3. NEUHOFTOUROFF HAS: Acute putrid abscess of the lung; surgical treatment and results in 86 consecutive cases, Jr. Thoracic Surg., 1940, ix, 439. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. KEEFERRANTZRAMMELKAMP CSLACH: Hemolytic streptococcal pneumonia and empyema; study of 55 cases with special reference to treatment, Ann. Int. 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