Pulmonary abscesses - aetiology and treatment. Ten-year experience of the Department of General and Thoracic Surgery in Lodz, Poland

Archives of Medical Science

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 47-54

  Jabłoński, Sławomir ^a   Modrzewski, Witold ^a   Rysz, Jacek ^a   Machała, Waldemar ^a   Jabłonowski, Zbigniew ^a   Kordiak, Jacek ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Lung abscesses; Resection of the lung tissue; Transcutaneous drainage

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BACTERIAL FLORA; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE COURSE; EMBOLISM; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; LUNG ABSCESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; POLAND; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645785129     PISSN: 17341922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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