 Lung Abscess
"Lung Abscess" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Solitary or multiple collections of PUS within the lung parenchyma as a result of infection by bacteria, protozoa, or other agents.
| Descriptor ID |
D008169
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.539.830.025.490 C08.381.450 C08.730.407
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| Concept/Terms |
Lung Abscess- Lung Abscess
- Abscess, Lung
- Abscesses, Lung
- Lung Abscesses
- Pulmonary Abscesses
- Pulmonary Abscess
- Abscess, Pulmonary
- Abscesses, Pulmonary
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Lung Abscess" by people in Profiles.
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Neuman M, Mahdavi R, Khodaee M. 37-year-old man ? cough ? increasing shortness of breath ? pleuritic chest pain ? Dx? J Fam Pract. 2021 04; 70(3):143-149.
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Pacheco JM, Goldberg D. A curious cause of cavitations: Nocardia pneumonia. Am J Med. 2014 Oct; 127(10):936-8.
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Tan HP, Razzouk A, Gundry SR, Bailey L. Pulmonary Rhizopus rhizopodiformis cavitary abscess in a cardiac allograft recipient. J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino). 1999 Apr; 40(2):223-6.
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Conway JH, Nyquist AC, Goldson E. Posterior mediastinal abscess caused by invasive group A Streptococcus infection. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 1996 Jun; 15(6):547-9.
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Palmer AL, Strain JD, Henry DB, Karrer FM, Simoes EA. Postanginal sepsis after oropharyngeal trauma. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 1995 Mar; 14(3):249-51.
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Bujak JS, Ottesen EA, Dinarello CA, Brenner VJ. Nocardiosis in a child with chronic granulomatous disease. J Pediatr. 1973 Jul; 83(1):98-100.
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