Open AccessEtiology and Outcome of Community-Acquired Lung Abscess
Author(s) -
Noboru Takayanagi,
Naho Kagiyama,
Takashi Ishiguro,
Daidou Tokunaga,
Yutaka Sugita
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
respiration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1423-0356
pISSN - 0025-7931
DOI - 10.1159/000312404
Subject(s) - medicine , etiology , lung abscess , abscess , lung , intensive care medicine , respiratory disease , surgery , lung disease , general surgery , pathology
Anaerobes are the first and Streptococcus species the second most common cause of community-acquired lung abscess (CALA) in the West. The etiologic pathogens of this disease have changed in Taiwan, with Klebsiella pneumoniae being reported as the most common cause of CALA.
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