A prospective study of bacteriology and therapeutic outcome in 26 cases of primary lung
abscess is reported. Bacteriologic results were based on percutaneous transtracheal …

The cases of 97 patients with lung abscess were reviewed and were found to be separable
into two distinct clinical groups, depending on the clinical circumstances in which the lesion …

Forty-eight patients presenting with lung abscess or empyema were studied between 1976
and 1984. The clinical features, diagnostic techniques and management are discussed …

The development of chemotherapeutic agents, especially antimicrobial agents, has been
surprisingly rapid in recent years, and today manyexcellent drugs are available for the …

The management of lung abscess continues to challenge both physicians and surgeons.
The experience at the Toronto General Hospital over a 50-year period (1928 to 1975) has …

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 …

Anaerobic bacteria are relatively common and important pathogens in the lower airways, but
are rarely detected due to problems in obtaining adequate specimens for anaerobic …

The bacteriology and clinical findings of ten pediatric patients with lung abscess are
presented. Bacteriologic data were based on percutaneous transtracheal aspiration …

One hundred eighty-four patients with lung abscess, admitted to the Hospital of the
University of Mississippi between 1960 and 1982, were studied with respect to sex (149 men …

Ninety patients with primary suppurative lung abscess were treated at University Hospitals
from 1961 to 1971. The over all mortality rate was 17 per cent (15 deaths). Of the 71 patients …