[Abscessing pneumonia].
Among the patient of a prospective study aimed to recognize the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of pneumonias, cavitating pneumonia occurred in 12.5%, typical lung abscess in 24 cases and necrotizing pneumonia in 11 cases. The illness was secondary in 4 cases. Predisposing factors were present in the majority of the patients. Assumable pathogen was detected with microbiological examinations in 24 cases. 20 patient recovered--19 by antibiotic therapy and one by surgery--were operated on the average in 7 weeks. Complication occurred in 15 patients 7 of them died. The prognosis of cavitating pneumonias is favourable, however the mortality is high in the secondary cases.
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Országos Korányi Tbc. és Pulmonológiai Intézet, Budapest.
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Krompecher
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Adám
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D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008169:Lung Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000150:complications*; D012307:Risk Factors
Az abscedáló pneumoniákról.