Lung abscess

Chronic lung infections and lung abscesses can produce very foul-smelling breath. Several other illnesses can cause a distinctive breath odor. Kidney failure can cause a urine-like odor, and liver failure may cause an odor described as "fishy.
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Anaerobic bacteria can cause pneumonia, lung abscesses, infecton of the lining of the lung (empyema), and dilated lung bronchi (bronchiectasis).
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It lung disease in three ways: as an allergic reaction in people with asthma; as a fungus ball (aspergilloma) in an old healed lung cavity from previous disease such as tuberculosis or lung abscess, ...
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Abnormal results may indicate pneumonia, tuberculosis, or a lung abscess. Pulmonary nocardiosis is an additional condition under which the test may be performed.
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Johnson, Caroline C., and Sydney M. Finegold. "Pyogenic Bacterial Pneumonia, Lung Abscess, and Empyema." In Textbook of Respiratory Medicine. 2nd ed. Vol. 1. Ed. John F. Murray and Jay A. Nadel. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Co., 1994.
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LOBECTOMY - Surgical removal of all or part of a lung. Indicated in some cases of lung cancer, lung abscess, and localized pulmonary tuberculosis.
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Empyema results as a complication of bacterial infections such as pneumonia and lung abscess. It is now relatively rare because of the widespread availability of therapy for the infections that precipitate the disease.
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Among the elderly pneumonia can march relentlessly and mortality may be higher than this even when effective treatment is given. Complications such as lung abscesses can follow pneumonia, ...
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Spread of infection to the blood stream (bacteremia)
Spread of infection to other areas of the body
Low blood pressure
Shock
Acute respiratory distress syndrome
Pneumonia with lung abscess ...
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may be caused by physical trauma, such as a penetrating injury to the chest. An inhaled foreign object also can trigger pneumothorax. It also may develop as a complication of a respiratory disease such as pneumonia, cystic fibrosis or a lung abscess.
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Very severe illness (as with persistent blood infection): Intravenous antibiotics including chloramphenicol.
If sputum cultures remain positive for 6 months: Surgical removal of the lung abscess with lobectomy is considered.
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lung conditions that cause secondary disease, such as dilated bronchi, or tubes leading to the lungs, known as bronchiectasis
lung disease, such as emphysema
lung infection, such as tuberculosis
lung abscess, or pus pocket ...
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