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Surgical drainage of lung abscess complicating acute community-acquired pneumonia
P D Potgieter1, J M Hammond, G Musson
1Respiratory Intensive Care Unit, University of Cape Town, Republic of South Africa.
Chest
|May 1, 1991
Abstract:
Two cases of severe community-acquired pneumonia requiring IPPV and complicated by the development of lung abscess were successfully treated with early surgical drainage. This procedure may be a life-saving measure in certain instances.