Bacteriology and clinical outcomes of patients with culture-positive pleural infection in Western Australia: A 6-year analysis.
Fraser BrimsNatalia PopowiczAndrew RosenstengelJulie HartArthee YogendranCatherine A ReadFelicity LeeRanjan ShresthaAlexander FrankeJoshua R LewisIan KayGrant W. WatererYun Chor Gary LeePublished in: Respirology (Carlton, Vic.) (2018)
This is the first large multicentre epidemiological study of pleural infection in Australian adults and includes the largest cohort of HA-CPPI published to date. CPPI is caused by a diverse range of organisms which vary between CA and HA sources. CPPI is a poor prognostic indicator both in the short term and in the subsequent 12 months.