Abscess
Pus in the pleural space is called empyema. It typically occurs as a complication of pneumonia, lung abscess, or chest trauma, leading to infection and accumulation of purulent fluid in the pleural cavity. Empyema can cause symptoms such as chest pain, fever, and difficulty breathing, and it often requires medical intervention for drainage and treatment of the underlying infection.
Pus is an exudate which contains dead and dying neutrophils (a type of white blood cells).
Friedrich Miescher worked with white blood cells obtained from pus collected from surgical bandages. He isolated and identified a new substance which he called nuclein, later known as DNA.
It is not ideal to isolate DNA from pus collected from bandages as it may contain contaminants from the wound environment. Using white blood cells obtained from a blood sample would provide a purer source of DNA for isolation techniques. This can be done by extracting white blood cells from the blood sample and isolating DNA from these cells using appropriate methods.
A condition in which pus and lymph fluid collects in a body cavity
Accumulation of pus in a preexisting body cavity is called an empyema. If the collection of pus is NOT in a preexisting body cavity, or is due to an infection or a foreign body, then it can be called an abscess if it is contained by a complete fibrous capsule.Often, if not further delimited, empyema refers to a plueral empyema. Other common types of empyema include pyometra (uterine empyema) and appendicitis (empyema of the appendix).croup
Empyema means the collection of pus within a body cavity but when you are talking about the pleural cavity it is another word, pyothorax. Pyothorax is the correct term to use when you are talking about the accumulation of pus in the pleural cavity.The term pleurisy (pleuritis) is inflammation or infection in the pleural space around the lungs.Pyothorax also known as empyema of the pleural cavity is the presence of pus in the pleural cavity between the layers of the pleural membrane Py/o - Pus
Pyothorax is an accumulation of pus in the pleural cavity. Hemothorax is an accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity.
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If there is brown fluid in the chest cavity, it could be blood or pus. This can become dangerous if there is an abundance of fluid.
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Pus filled cavities are called abscesses and are treated with surgical drainage of the pus and antibiotics.