TY - JOUR T1 - Empyema caused by Clostridium perfringens JF - Canadian Medical Association Journal JO - CMAJ SP - 1420 LP - 1422 VL - 128 IS - 12 AU - W. C. Kwan AU - S. C. Lam AU - A. W. Chow AU - M. Lepawski AU - M. M. Glanzberg Y1 - 1983/06/15 UR - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/128/12/1420.abstract N2 - Trauma, chest surgery or other invasive procedures and underlying lung disease are often found to precede clostridial empyema. A case is described in which empyema caused by Clostridium perfringens was not associated with any of these factors. ER -