Population
Patients with infectious pleural effusion or pleural cavity infection
Design
Review
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Supports antibiotics and drainage as mainstay for pleural infections; leaves open optimal adjunctive strategies for prospective trials.
Antibiotics and drainage remain the foundation of treatment for infectious pleural effusions, with intrapleural fibrinolytics and surgery reserved for specific or refractory cases.
Yang et al. (2017) studied this question.
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