Roxanne E. Strachan, Anita Cornelius, Gwendolyn L. Gilbert, Tanya Gulliver, Andrew Martin, Tim McDonald, Gillian M. Nixon, Rob Roseby, Sarath Ranganathan, Hiran Selvadurai, Greg Smith, Manuel Soto-Martinez, Sadasivam Suresh, Laurel Teoh, Kiran Thapa, Claire E. Wainwright, Adam Jaffé

, on behalf of the Australian Research Network in Empyema
Author affiliations: Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia (R.E. Strachan, A. Jaffé); Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (A. Cornelius); Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia (G.L. Gilbert, K. Thapa); John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia (T. Gulliver); Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth, Western Australia, Australia (A. Martin); The Canberra Hospital, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (T. McDonald, L. Teoh); Monash Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (G.M. Nixon); Alice Springs Hospital, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia (R. Roseby); Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne (S. Ranganathan, M. Soto-Martinez); Children’s Hospital at Westmead (H. Selvadurai); Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia (G. Smith); Mater Children’s Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (S. Suresh); Royal Children’s Hospital, Brisbane (C.E. Wainwright)
Characteristics of 172 children with empyema, Australia, 2007–2009*
Characteristic
| Value
|
Median age, y (range)
| 3.9 (0.4–15.5)
|
Sex
|
|
M
| 93 (54.1)
|
F
| 79 (45.9)
|
Indigenous status
|
|
Aboriginal
| 8 (4.7)
|
Other
| 160 (93.0)
|
Not recorded
| 4 (2.3)
|
State/territory
|
|
Queensland
| 59 (34.3)
|
New South Wales
| 52 (30.2)
|
Victoria
| 37 (21.5)
|
Western Australia
| 16 (9.3)
|
South Australia
| 4 (2.3)
|
Tasmania
| 2 (1.2)
|
Australian Capital Territory
| 2 (1.2)
|
Northern Territory
| 0
|
Chronic respiratory diseases
| 7 (4.0)
|
Congenital diseases
| 3 (1.7)
|
Potentially immunocompromised
| 6 (3.5)
|
Cardiac disease
| 1 (0.6)
|