Pulmonary Infection

Surgery for managing complicated pleural space infections had better outcomes than fibrinolytic therapy, according to study results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

Of patients being treated for Mycobacterium avium complex and Mycobacterium abscessus pulmonary infection, fewer than half received guideline-based treatment, according to a recent study.

Early medical thoracoscopy for patients with multiloculated pleural infection and empyema was safe and shortened the length of hospital stay compared with intrapleural fibrinolytic therapy, according to new data.