Foley Sean P F, Parrish John Scott
Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego, CA 92134, USA.
Life (Basel). 2023 Jan 29;13(2):376. doi: 10.3390/life13020376.
Pleural space infections have been a well-recognized clinical syndrome for over 4000 years and continue to cause significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. However, our collective understanding of the causative pathophysiology has greatly expanded over the last few decades, as have our treatment options. The aim of this paper is to review recent updates in our understanding of this troublesome disease and to provide updates on established and emerging treatment modalities for patients suffering from pleural space infections. With that, we present a review and discussion synthesizing the recent pertinent literature surrounding the history, epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of these challenging infections.
胸腔感染作为一种已被广泛认知的临床综合征已有4000多年的历史，在全球范围内仍导致显著的发病率和死亡率。然而，在过去几十年里，我们对其致病病理生理学的总体认识有了极大的扩展，治疗选择也是如此。本文旨在回顾我们对这种棘手疾病认识的最新进展，并为患有胸腔感染的患者提供关于既定和新兴治疗方式的最新信息。在此，我们对围绕这些具有挑战性感染的历史、流行病学、病理生理学、诊断和管理的近期相关文献进行综述和讨论。
