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[Functional disorders of the blood neutrophils and their correction in patients with bronchiectasis and lung abscess].

Studies conducted in 25 patients with bronchiectatic disease, 40 with chronic lung abscess, revealed decrement of the blood neutrophil capacity for uptaking bacteria, and cytochemical changes in these. Expediency of inclusion into the combination therapy of those drugs intensifying the leucocyte energy metabolism and phagocytic activity (vitamins C, B1, B2, B6, B12, PP, glutamic acid, prodigiosane, polyglucine) was validated in the experiment.

Bronchiectasis↗
PubMed1999

[Bronchial dilatation due to broncholithiasis mimicking lung abscess].

A 61-year-old man who had been treated for pneumonia several times was examined because radiographs and computed tomograms disclosed a mass-like shadow associated with a cavity in the left lingular segment. The lesion was resected by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery because it was suspected of being a lung abscess that had caused repeated episodes of inflammation. The resected specimen revealed a severely dilated peripheral bronchus due to broncholithiasis. It is often difficult to diagnose a lesion as broncholithiasis on the basis of secondary changes or calcification without bronchoscopic data. We emphasize that broncholithiasis should be suspected when a shadow resembling a lung abscess associated with symptoms of recurrent infection is found.

Bronchial Diseases↗
PubMed1993

[A case of chronic lung abscess showing a cloudy shadow of the right upper lobe, diagnosed by transbronchial aspiration cytology].

A 58-year-old healthy woman was admitted to our hospital on 8th October, 1991 for detailed investigation of an abnormal shadow on chest roentgenogram, which was detected by mass survey. The chest roentgenogram showed a cloudy shadow of the right upper lobe, and retrospectively, this abnormal shadow had been present since 1986. Flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy showed complete obstruction of right B1b bronchus by regenerated bronchial mucosa. Aseptic pus was detected in the obstructed bronchus by means of transbronchial aspiration cytology (TBAC) and chronic lung abscess was diagnosed. The chest roentgenograms of this case is very unusual, and we were unable to find a similar case of chronic lung abscess diagnosed by means of TBAC.

Biopsy, Needle↗
PubMed1979

Bacteriology and therapy of lung abscess in children.

The bacteriology and clinical findings of ten pediatric patients with lung abscess are presented. Bacteriologic data were based on percutaneous transtracheal aspiration obtained before initiation of antimicrobial therapy. Anaerobic bacteria were present in all ten patients; in nine they were mixed with aerobic bacteria. The most frequent isolates were Peptostreptococcus (8), Peptococcus (5), Bacteroides melaninogenicus (6), and Bacteroides fragilis (3). The aerobic isolates most frequently recovered were alpha-hemolytic streptococci (5), group A beta-hemolytic streptococci (4), and Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae (4 each). Virtually all abscesses were located in dependent pulmonary segments. Antimicrobial therapy was guided by the bacteriologic findings and was successful in all instances.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1991

Lung abscess: a fatal complication of treatment for testicular teratoma.

We describe a patient with widely metastatic testicular teratoma who responded to intensive combination chemotherapy but developed a lung abscess in a necrotic tumour cavity, leading to death before surgical resection of residual lesions could take place. Post-mortem examination revealed necrotic tissue and mature differentiated teratoma, with no evidence of frank malignancy. This complication has not been previously reported in treated teratoma. Resolution of an abscess developing in a pre-existing thick-walled lesion is less likely with antibiotics alone. Awareness of this might salvage potentially curable cases by earlier surgical intervention.

Adult↗
PubMed1991

Lung abscess caused by Rhodococcus equi.

In the immunocompromised patient, early diagnosis of a lung cavity is essential for appropriate treatment. Rhodococcus equi (formerly Corynebacterium equi) is a variably acid-fast bacterium that can produce cavitary disease in an immunocompromised host. The two cases presented here demonstrate the clinical and radiographic features of R equi lung abscess. The first patient was on long-term corticosteroid therapy for rheumatoid arthritis. The second patient had AIDS. The correct diagnosis in both cases was delayed because acid-fast bacilli seen on smears of sputum were presumed to be Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Actinomycetales Infections↗
PubMed1950

Lung abscess.

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PubMed1950

Lung abscess.

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PubMed1961

Lung abscess.

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Humans↗
PubMed2005

Transdiaphragmatic migration of forgotten gauze sponge: an unreported entity of lung abscess.

Migration of left in foreign bodies like gauze sponge into intestine, stomach, urinary bladder and their extrusion through umbilicus or rectum is well known. We report a unique case wherein a gauze sponge was left in abdominal cavity 25 years back at the time of initial surgery. This patient who had not undergone any thoracic surgery in the past was recently subjected to posterolateral thoracotomy for a right sided lung abscess and a large sponge gauze was unbelievably recovered from the area of lung abscess.

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