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^a University of Rome ‘Sapienza’, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Rome, Italy
^b University of Rome ‘Sapienza’, Department of Infectious Disease, Rome, Italy

Received 8 January 2009; received in revised form 23 February 2009; accepted 25 February 2009.

^_* Corresponding author. Address: University of Rome ‘Sapienza’, Azienda Policlinico Umberto I, Cattedra di Chirurgia Toracica, V.le Policlinico 155, 00161 Rome, Italy. Tel.: +39 06 4461971; fax: +39 06 49970735. (Email: federico.venuta@uniroma1.it).

Key Words: Foreign body • Aspiration pneumonia • Empyema

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