Bacterial aetiology of empyema with special reference to mycoplasma

One hundred patients with empyema were selected and subjected to history, careful examination and laboratory investigation. Seven cases showed positive isolation with mycoplasma 31%, 22%, 3% of cases were affected with staphylococci, klebsiella and pneumococci. Culture and sensitivity tests to antibiotic showed that the erythromycin and tetracyclin were the drug of choice in managing cases of mycoplasma