11. This can also lead to empyema . 12. It can cause lung abscess, pulmono pleural fistula, empyema lung and broncho pleural fistula. 13. In 1890 he introduced a surgical procedure called resection of the thorax for treatment of chronic empyema . 14. The gallbladder bile is usually turbid but may become frank pus ( empyema of the gallbladder ). 15. These often cause subdural empyema , and brain abscess, and rarely cause epidural abscess and meningitis. 16. Tubes designed to drain the empyema , or pus buildup, were attached to Rodeheaver's brain. 17. Evans brought in three other doctors and Caruso finally received a correct diagnosis : purulent pleurisy and empyema . 18. CNS infections can be isolated from subdural empyema and brain abscesses which are a result of chronic infections. 19. He was an early practitioner of medical percussion, a procedure he used in the diagnosis of empyema . 20. These infections include aspiration pneumonia, lung abscess, pulmonary empyema , and chronic otitis media and sinusitis.