[Lung abscess in infancy--a rare disease. Clinical cases].
Lung abscess is a rare entity in childhood, but leads to high morbidity and long length of hospitalisation. It appears commonly in children with risk factors or other disease, have a good response to antibiotic therapy and it is rarely necessary the use of invasive techniques. Authors present two cases of lung abscess in children, one of them with risk factors to aspiration, that improved with antibiotic therapy and make a revision about this entity in infancy.
Machado
Maria Augusta
MA
Serviço de Pneumologia, Hospital de S João.
Aguiar
Isolina
I
Nunes
Teresa
T
Guedes Vaz
Luísa
L
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008169:Lung Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D011379:Prognosis