Background: Anaerobes are the first and Streptococcus species the second most common
cause of community-acquired lung abscess (CALA) in the West. The etiologic pathogens of …

Background. Most literature regarding lung abscess focuses on anaerobic bacterial lung
abscess, and aerobic gram-negative bacillary infection is less frequently discussed. This …

Objective To determine the spectrum and antibiotic susceptibility patterns of microorganisms
causing acute community-acquired lung abscess. Design A prospective survey. Setting …

Information related to the clinical characteristics and isolated microbes associated with lung
abscesses comparing immunocompromised (IC) to non-immunocompromised (non-IC) …

Background The rates of morbidity and mortality associated with lung abscess are still
significant despite the introduction of antibiotic treatments. The aim of this work was to …

A lung abscess is a circumscribed collection of pus in the lung as a result of a microbial
infection, which leads to cavity formation and often a radiographic finding of an air fluid level …

Background: Appropriate antibiotic use reduces the mortality of patients with lung abscess;
however, 40-60% of the bacterial etiologies in these patients have remained unknown with …

The classic studies of lung abscess were done by David Smith at Duke in the late 1920s [1–
3]. At that time, approximately one-third of patients with lung abscess died as a result of this …

Materials and Methods From April 1982 to April 2002, 23 patients (less than 16 years old)
with lung abscess were admitted to VGH. A lung abscess was defined as a process of …

Objective: To relate the experience of the staff at a health care facility specializing in the
management of patients with aspiration lung abscess. Methods: Diagnostic aspects and …