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*[[Vasculitis]]: [[Wegener's granulomatosis]] | *[[Vasculitis]]: [[Wegener's granulomatosis]] | ||
*Necrotizing [[tumors]]: 8% to 18% are due to neoplasms across all age groups, higher in older people; primary squamous carcinoma of the lung is the commonest. | *Necrotizing [[tumors]]: 8% to 18% are due to neoplasms across all age groups, higher in older people; primary squamous carcinoma of the lung is the commonest. | ||
=== Organisms === | |||
In the post-antibiotic era pattern of frequency is changing. In older studies anerobes were found in upto 90% cases but they are much less frequent now<ref>{{cite journal |author=Bartlett JG |title=The role of anaerobic bacteria in lung abscess |journal=Clin. Infect. Dis. |volume=40 |issue=7 |pages=923-5 |year=2005 |pmid=15824980 |doi=10.1086/428586}}</ref>. | |||
*Anaerobic bacteria: [[Peptostreptococcus]], [[Bacteroides]], [[Fusobacterium]] species, | |||
*Microaerophilic [[streptococcus]] : ''Streptococcus milleri'' | |||
*Aerobic bacteria: [[Staphylococcus]], [[Klebsiella]], [[Haemophilus]], [[Pseudomonas]],[[Nocardia]], Escheria coli, [[Streptococcus]], Mycobacteria<ref name="pmid10084487">{{cite journal |author=Hirshberg B, Sklair-Levi M, Nir-Paz R, Ben-Sira L, Krivoruk V, Kramer MR |title=Factors predicting mortality of patients with lung abscess. |journal=Chest |volume=115 |issue=3 |pages=746-50 |year=1999 |pmid=10084487 |doi=}}</ref> | |||
*[[Fungus|Fungi]]: [[Candida (genus)|Candida]], [[Aspergillus]] | |||
*Parasites: [[Entamoeba histolytica]] | |||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Causes
Conditions contributing to lung abscess
- Aspiration of oropharyngeal or gastric secretion
- Septic emboli
- Necrotizing pneumonia
- Vasculitis: Wegener's granulomatosis
- Necrotizing tumors: 8% to 18% are due to neoplasms across all age groups, higher in older people; primary squamous carcinoma of the lung is the commonest.
Organisms
In the post-antibiotic era pattern of frequency is changing. In older studies anerobes were found in upto 90% cases but they are much less frequent now[1].
- Anaerobic bacteria: Peptostreptococcus, Bacteroides, Fusobacterium species,
- Microaerophilic streptococcus : Streptococcus milleri
- Aerobic bacteria: Staphylococcus, Klebsiella, Haemophilus, Pseudomonas,Nocardia, Escheria coli, Streptococcus, Mycobacteria[2]
- Fungi: Candida, Aspergillus
- Parasites: Entamoeba histolytica
Reference
- ↑ Bartlett JG (2005). "The role of anaerobic bacteria in lung abscess". Clin. Infect. Dis. 40 (7): 923–5. doi:10.1086/428586. PMID 15824980.
- ↑ Hirshberg B, Sklair-Levi M, Nir-Paz R, Ben-Sira L, Krivoruk V, Kramer MR (1999). "Factors predicting mortality of patients with lung abscess". Chest. 115 (3): 746–50. PMID 10084487.