title: Sudden death from primary lung abscess in middle-aged diabetic men--two case reports.
abstract: We describe the course of illness in two middle-aged diabetic men who died suddenly from primary lung abscesses. They were in apparent good health and presented with fever, cough and small lung abscess [less than 5 cm] on chest radiographs. While receiving standard antimicrobial therapy in hospital, they experienced sudden respiratory arrest from aspiration of purulent material presumably following the drainage of lung abscess contents. This is a very unusual complication and the similar clinical features between these two cases prompted this report.
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: T B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Chan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology*; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D006801:Humans; D008169:Lung Abscess / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male