Treating empyema with anti-anaerobic antibiotics may lower rates of associated rehospitalization in patients, according to data presented at the 2022 IDWeek conference, held in Washington, D.C.
The study focused on determining the appropriate type and course of antibiotics to provide to patients with known or suspected pleural empyema, and consisted of a retrospective chart review analysis of adult inpatients who had pleural drainage for either known or suspected empyema who were readmitted