Thoracic Empyema as Rare Complication of an Appendicular Mass: A Case Study and Review of the Literature

Table 1

Cases of appendicitis associated with empyema.

Sex	Age	Risk factor	Isolated organism	Country	Outcome	Author
Male	5	Child	Klebsiella pneumoniae	USA	Survived	Stein et al. [22]
Female	50	—	E. coli, Enterobacteriaceae species	USA	Survived	Law et al. [5]
Male	5	Child	E. coli, Streptococcus spp., Bacteroides fragilis	USA	Survived	Law et al. [5]
Male	5	Child	E. coli, Bacteroides spp.	USA	Survived	Herline et al. [6]
Female	3	Child	E. coli, Bacteroides ovatus	Taiwan	Survived	Kao et al. [18]
Male	8	Child	None	New Zealand	Survived	Wong et al. [7]
Male	68	Elderly	Klebsiella oxytoca	Spain	Survived	García et al. [23]
Female	31	Pregnant	Gram-positive coccus	Argentina	Survived	Dietrich et al. [4]
Female	24	—	E. coli, E. avium	Turquía	Survived	Tokat et al. [8]
Female	2	Child	None	USA	Survived	Betancourt et al. [9]