Fajardo J E, Chang M J
South Med J. 1987 May;80(5):593-6. doi: 10.1097/00007611-198705000-00011.
Military hospitals across the United States provided data for this study on pediatric patients with pleural empyema. Haemophilus influenzae type b (17%), Streptococcus pneumoniae (14%), and Staphylococcus aureus (11%) were the most common etiologic agents. Male patients predominated, except among blacks. The mortality was high in patients with hospital-acquired empyemas.
美国各地的军事医院提供了本研究中关于小儿胸腔积液患者的数据。b型流感嗜血杆菌（17%）、肺炎链球菌（14%）和金黄色葡萄球菌（11%）是最常见的病原体。除黑人外，男性患者占多数。医院获得性脓胸患者的死亡率很高。
