What does PPE stand for?

Parapneumonic Effusion

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In an earlier but similar study from another children's hospital in the country, Buckingham et al (2) reported that the proportion of cases of complicated parapneumonic effusions caused by S aureus increased from 6% in the period 1996 to 2000 (all of which were methicillin susceptible) to 30% in 2001 (all methicillin resistant).

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia in children: a ...

The clinician must consider pulmonary embolus, viral infection, parapneumonic effusion, tuberculosis, congestive heart failure, and collagen vascular disorders--such as SLE or rheumatoid arthritis--in the differential diagnosis.

Detection of lupus pleuritis: a tale of lights and shadows

1) Pleural fluid eosinophilia most commonly arises from hemothorax or pneumothorax (2) but can also result from asbestosis, (3) pulmonary infarction, (4) parapneumonic effusion, (1,4) tuberculosis, (4) parasitic infections including toxocariasis, (5) and strongyloidiasis, (6,7) eosinophilic pneumonia, (8) malignancy, (1) and medications.

Valproic acid-induced eosinophilic pleural effusion