… (CALA) in Taiwan and concluded that the bacterial etiology of lung abscess has … lung
abscess, the Streptococcus species, has been changed. Before 1974, microaerophilic streptococci …

… Streptococcus Pneumoniae Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) is the most frequent
cause of community-acquired bacterial pneumonia… for pneumococcal pneumonia remains …

… acquired lung abscess attributable to Streptococcus pneumoniae (… lung abscess in the left
upper lobe which extended into the chest wall. Surgical debridement of the chest wall abscess …

… Streptococcus pneumoniae was the only organism as documented by pleural fluid latex
fixation in three patients, gram stain in two, and culture in only one. Seven of these children …

… pneumococcal pneumonia.90 However, one of the remarkable features of pneumococcal
pneumonia is that the lungs … severity of the systemic or pulmonary condition when the disease …

… Streptococcus pneumoniae is the most common pathogen isolated from patients … pneumonia,
lung abscess, or empyema; those with associated extrapulmonary infections; pneumonia …

… of pediatric pneumonia, with a special emphasis on the immunocompromised child. We
will also focus on two distinct complications of pneumonia: lung abscess and empyema. …

… For primary lung abscesses, antibiotic choices should cover likely organisms including
Staph. aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae and other streptococcal species, and Gram-negative …

… lung abscess with Streptococcus spp (Streptococcus pneumonia serotype 3 i Streptococcus
… During the last decade the most isolated type bacteria in lung abscess, especially in Taiwan …

… Thus, the incidence of abscess formation in pure pneumococcal pneumonia … lung abscess
(Table 2) complements that of pneumonia with regard to the occurrence of pulmonary abscess …