ALLMedicine™ Lung Abscess Center

Feb 13th, 2021 - To assess the characteristics of children hospitalized with complicated pneumonia at US children's hospitals and compare these characteristics with those of children hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). We identified children hosp...

Jan 7th, 2021 - Congenital bronchial atresia is a rare pulmonary abnormality characterized by the disrupted communication between the central and the peripheral bronchus and is typically asymptomatic. Although it can be symptomatic especially when infections occu...

Jan 2nd, 2021 - Discussions on the diagnostic and management of acquired pediatric lung pathology are usually published by large tertiary children's hospitals. It is likely that much of this pathology is actually seen and managed in nonacademic practices. A 10-ye...

Dec 10th, 2020 - A 75-year-old woman was admitted to hospital with haemoptysis, fever and shortness of breath. She had undergone a right video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery upper lobectomy for an apical lung cancer 4 weeks earlier, and had been treated with antib...

Dec 7th, 2020 - Autoimmune polyendocrinopathy-candidiasis-ectodermal dystrophy (APECED) (polyglandular endocrinopathy type 1) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder caused by mutations in the autoimmune regulator gene (AIRE). The major clinical features of APECED...

Feb 13th, 2021 - To assess the characteristics of children hospitalized with complicated pneumonia at US children's hospitals and compare these characteristics with those of children hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). We identified children hosp...

Jan 7th, 2021 - Congenital bronchial atresia is a rare pulmonary abnormality characterized by the disrupted communication between the central and the peripheral bronchus and is typically asymptomatic. Although it can be symptomatic especially when infections occu...

Jan 7th, 2021 - Cefoxitin for Injection, USP is indicated for the treatment of serious infections caused by susceptible strains of the designated microorganisms in the diseases listed below. (1) Lower respiratory tract infections, including pneumonia and lung abs...

Jan 2nd, 2021 - Discussions on the diagnostic and management of acquired pediatric lung pathology are usually published by large tertiary children's hospitals. It is likely that much of this pathology is actually seen and managed in nonacademic practices. A 10-ye...

Dec 10th, 2020 - A 75-year-old woman was admitted to hospital with haemoptysis, fever and shortness of breath. She had undergone a right video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery upper lobectomy for an apical lung cancer 4 weeks earlier, and had been treated with antib...

May 7th, 2020 - Discussion CT revealed a large (7 × 7 × 6 cm), multiloculated cystic lesion in the upper lobe of the right lung, with what appeared to be an air-fluid level. This is consistent with a lung abscess. The girl was admitted to the hospital for intrave...

Aug 7th, 2018 - ANSWER The chest radiograph shows an approximately 3-cm cavitary lesion in the right upper lobe. Such a lesion can indicate lung abscess, neoplasm, or tuberculosis.

Jul 15th, 2014 - Pasteurella multocida septicemia commonly occurs in patients with an immune-compromised status, but septicemia in healthy individuals has also been reported. 15,16 Apart from local skin and soft-tissue infections, P multocida can cause upper respir.

Dec 28th, 2010 - Clinical Presentation The patient is a 17-year-old girl who had been sick for 1 week prior to admission to the hospital. She had constant right upper quadrant pain and pleuritic right-sided chest pain. She was seen as an outpatient and treated wit...

Dec 28th, 2010 - Clinical Presentation The patient is a 17-year-old girl who had been sick for 1 week prior to admission to the hospital. She had constant right upper quadrant pain and pleuritic right-sided chest pain. She was seen as an outpatient and treated wit...