Newswise — Beverly, MA, April 20, 2017 – Although treatable, empyema is a potentially deadly accumulation of pus around the lungs, occurring most commonly as a complication of pneumonia. To better ...

Spontaneous bacterial empyema is a serious infection of the fluid in your pleural cavity that can happen when you have a fluid buildup around your lungs called hepatic hydrothorax. Spontaneous ...

DURING the past fifteen years there has been a dramatic decline in the incidence of empyema. This decrease is related to the early treatment of pneumonia with antibiotics, frequently outside hospitals ...

Empyema is considered to be a sub-classification of parapneumonic pleural effusion. A parapneumonic effusion describes the build-up of activated pleural fluid which is associated with a lung infection ...

Empyema is a medical term used for pus pockets that have accumulated inside a body cavity, for example, pleural space. This condition occurs when a bacterial infection remains untreated or if it does ...