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Paediatric Empyema on the Increase

February 2nd, 2010 |

Author: DundeeChest

Pathalogical Empyema Specimen. Creative Common Licensing From Yale Rosen.

Donald MacGregor, consultant paediatrician in Perth, told me about 18 months ago that he had noticed a dramatic increase in empyema cases in children over the preceding year. The reasons for this rise were not clear to him, or me, at the time.

Today, Paediatrics reports the same increase in empyema, and notes that this comes in spite of increased pneumococcal vaccination rates in recent years.

Posted in Featured, General Respiratory |

Tags: Empyema, Paediatrics |

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