Necrotizing pneumonia in bacteraemic pneumococcal infection.
Lung abscess is rarely reported as a complication of pneumococcal pneumonia; two cases of lung abscess in patients with bacteraemic pneumococcal pneumonia are reported.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008169:Lung Abscess / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis; D011018:Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications*