Table 3.

Pleural infection details

Patient	Chemotherapy	a. Purulent	b. Gram stain positive	c. Bacterial culture positive	Organisms isolated	IPC removed due to empyema
1a	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Staphylococcus lugdunesis	Yes
2	No	No	No	No	-	Yes
3	No	Yes	Yes	No	-	No
4	Yes	No	No	Yes	Staphylococcus epidermidis (CoNS)	No
5	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Staphylococcus epidermidis (CoNS)	No
6a	Yes	No	No	Yes	Staphylococcus aureus	No
7	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Pseudomonas, Enterococcus faecalis	Yes

^aPatients with pleural infection diagnosed within two months of date of death