Etiologies of pyothorax | number of patients (Percentage %) |
Pleuropulmonary tuberculosis | 93 (54%) |
Hydatid cyst broken in the pleura | 18 (10.4%) |
Parapneumonic origin | 9 (5.2%) |
Posttraumatic origin | 7 (4%) |
Indeterminate origin | 45 (26.16%) |