Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2007;26(2):189-190. A 5-month-old boy was transferred to our tertiary care center from a community hospital for workup of a unilateral pleural effusion. He had a history of ...

This includes the presence of purulent fluid which is identified based on gramme stain or culture; a white blood cell count in the pleural fluid greater than 5 x 10 9 cells/L and a pH below 7 or ...

The fluid in the pleural cavity begins to thicken and form “pockets.” Stage 3: Frank empyema Finally, the infected fluid causes scarring on the inner layers of the lungs.

However, cytology of the right pleural fluid showed large lymphoid cells that were positive for CD45, CD20, PAX-5, MUM-1, BCL2, BCL6, and MYC protein, but the cells were negative for CD3, CD10 ...

On examination of the pleural effusion and the skin, which relapsed 31 months and 40 months, ... the white blood cell count was 58.2 × 10 9 /l and the number of platelets was 30 × 10 9 /l.