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Follow\u2010up was obtained from referring practices' records.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Sixty\u2010five dogs and 38 cats were included. Medical management was used in 62% of dogs (40\/65) and 76% of cats (29\/38); survival to discharge was 88% (35\/40) and 90% (26\/29), respectively. Surgery was performed in the remainder; survival to discharge was 80% (20\/25) in dogs and 78% (7\/9) in cats. Among cases with follow\u2010up, recurrence was 8% (4\/51) in dogs: 5% (1\/19) surgically and 9% (3\/32) medically managed; and 8% (2\/24) in cats: 12% (2\/17) medically managed. All dogs medically managed with thoracostomy tubes receiving pleural lavage survived: 100% (16\/16)\n                      <jats:italic>versus<\/jats:italic>\n                      73% (8\/11) without.\n                      <jats:italic>Pasteurella multocida<\/jats:italic>\n                      was the predominant feline isolate, in contrast to dogs that had no single dominant species. Multidrug\u2010resistant organisms were identified in 29% (7\/24) and 21% (5\/24) of culture\u2010positive canine and feline patients. Aetiologies were mostly unknown (dogs: 51%, 33\/65; cats: 61%, 23\/38), followed by parapneumonic spread (dogs: 17%, 11\/65; cats: 16%, 6\/38) and migrating foreign bodies (dogs: 17%, 11\/65; cats: 8%, 3\/38).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Clinical Significance<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In selected cases, medical management of canine and feline pyothorax with thoracic drains yields survival to discharge and recurrence rates comparable to surgery, including cases with suspected migrating plant material. 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