Thoracic Empyema: A 12-Year Study from a UK Tertiary Cardiothoracic Referral Centre

• Daniel J. B. Marks,

  Affiliations Department of Cardiology, The Heart Hospital, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, Department of Medicine, University College London, London, United Kingdom

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• Marie D. Fisk,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiology, The Heart Hospital, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

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• Chieh Y. Koo,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, University College London, London, United Kingdom

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• Menelaos Pavlou,

  Affiliation Research Department of Infection and Population Health, University College London Medical School, University College London, London, United Kingdom

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• Lorraine Peck,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiology, The Heart Hospital, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

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• Simon F. Lee,

  Affiliations Department of Cardiology, The Heart Hospital, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, Division of Infection and Immunity, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Porto, Portugal

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• David Lawrence,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Heart Hospital, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

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• M. Bruce Macrae,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

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• A. Peter R. Wilson,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

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• Jeremy S. Brown,

  Affiliation Centre for Respiratory Research, University College London, London, United Kingdom

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• Robert F. Miller,

  Affiliation Research Department of Infection and Population Health, University College London Medical School, University College London, London, United Kingdom

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• Alimuddin I. Zumla

  * E-mail: a.zumla@ucl.ac.uk

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Microbiology, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, Department of Infection, University College London Medical School, University College London, London, United Kingdom

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