@article{4a55ea64dfd84f6dad1714a0fb13294c,
title = "Etiology of empyema thoracis and parapneumonic pleural effusion in taiwanese children and adolescents younger than 18 years of age",
abstract = "We analyzed blood and pleural fluid samples from 89 Taiwanese children with empyema thoracis and parapneumonic pleural effusion. Streptococcus pneumoniaewas the majorpathogen, identified in 12 children bybac-terial culture and 53 children by molecular techniques, and serotype 19 A was the dominant serotype. Also noteworthy was the detection of pneumococcal serotype 1, Haemophilus influenzae and Mycoplasma pneumoniae in these children.",
keywords = "Bacterial cultures, Empyema thoracis, Molecular techniques, Pleural effusion, Taiwan",
author = "Lin, {Tzou Yien} and Hwang, {Kao Pin} and Liu, {Ching Chuan} and Tang, {Ren Bin} and Lin, {Ching Yuang} and Gilbert, {Gwendolyn L.} and Kiran Thapa and Monegal, {Javier Sawchik} and Pir{\c c}on, {Jean Yves} and {Van Dyke}, {Melissa K.} and Liu, {Yan Fang} and Huang, {Li Min} and Hausdorff, {William P.}",
year = "2013",
month = apr,
doi = "10.1097/INF.0b013e31828637b1",
language = "English",
volume = "32",
pages = "419--421",
journal = "Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal",
issn = "0891-3668",
publisher = "Lippincott Williams and Wilkins",
number = "4",
}
