TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Surgical Treatment for Complex Thoracic Infections A1 - Wiesel, Ory A1 - Adams, Ann A1 - Gill, Ritu R. A1 - McNamee, Ciaran J. A2 - Sugarbaker, David J. A2 - Bueno, Raphael A2 - Burt, Bryan M. A2 - Groth, Shawn S. A2 - Loor, Gabriel A2 - Wolf, Andrea S. A2 - Williams, Marcia A2 - Adams, Ann Y1 - 2020 N1 - T2 - Sugarbaker’s Adult Chest Surgery, 3e AB - Complex thoracic infections frequently present in the form of complicated pneumonia, loculated pleural effusion, empyema, or pulmonary abscess. If not treated appropriately, they can become chronic infections complicated by resistant bacterial, viral, or fungal organisms. The indolent nature of these complex infections and the high rate of antibiotic resistance may end in extensive parenchymal destruction, recurrent infections, and a disseminated infectious process. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1170413073 ER -