M Konishi, K Mori, E Yoshimoto, T Majima, K Ueda, S Teramoto, M Sakamoto, M Tsujimoto, K Maeda, K Mikasa, M Sawaki, N Narita, R Sano, T Masutani
We have diagnosed lung abscess according to findings of infiltration with cavity formation on chest X-ray and/or CT-scan and pathogens isolated from transtracheal aspirates. We evaluated the clinical features of 20 patients with lung abscess (18 males and 2 females, mean age; 54.3 years). Diabetus mellitus and periodontal diseases were prominent underlying diseases in patients with lung abscess. Cough was complained in 13 patients, chest or back pain in 9, purulent sputum in 8 and hemosputum in 5 when the patients admitted to our hospital...
November 1998: Kansenshōgaku Zasshi. the Journal of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases