Putrid Empyema

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Abstract
PUTRID empyema has been recognized as a clinical entity for many years and has recently been the subject of a number of excellent reports.1 2 3 4 Nevertheless, many surgeons fail to distinguish it from ordinary pyogenic empyema and, persisting in this misapprehension, treat it as they ordinarily treat this relatively benign lesion, with disastrous results. It is our belief that with a better understanding of the nature of the disease recognition will be prompter, treatment will be more adequate, and the mortality, which has been high, will be lowered.The report that follows is based on an analysis of patients on the . . .
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