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  1. Ramzisham AR, Johann KF, Talal AR, Joanna OS, Zamrin DM
    Med J Malaysia, 2007 Dec;62(5):416-7.
    PMID: 18705480 MyJurnal
    A 23 year old female with a past history of a lung abscess diagnosed at the age of 13 years presented with recurrent episodes of productive cough. Chest radiograph and a high resolution CT scan of the thorax led to the diagnosis of a left lower lobe lung abscess. She underwent a successful thoracotomy and a left lower lobe lobectomy. Histopathological examination revealed the diagnosis of an infected congenital bronchogenic cyst. The recent literature on this is reviewed.
    Matched MeSH terms: Lung Abscess/diagnosis*
  2. Yaacob I, Ariffin Z
    Singapore Med J, 1991 Feb;32(1):63-6.
    PMID: 2017709
    The case histories of 22 patients with lung abscess and empyema presenting to Hospital University Sains Malaysia (HUSM) between 1984 and 1989 are reviewed. The presenting features of both lung abscess and empyema were similar. The commonest predisposing factor was pneumonia, and the commonest organism isolated was Staphylococcus aureus but in the majority of cases, no causal organisms were identified. All the patients were treated with antibiotics and in addition, closed chest tube drainage was performed initially in all patients with empyema. Three patients with empyema required additional surgical drainage procedures. Death occurred in one patient with empyema and in one patient with lung abscess. The features, aetiology, treatment and outcome of thoracic empyema and lung abscess are discussed.
    Matched MeSH terms: Lung Abscess/diagnosis*
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