Abstract A lung abscess is a necrotizing infection caused by microbiomes that lead to the loss of healthy tissue. The routine culture waste time and yields false-negative results, clinicians could only choose empiric therapy or use broad‐spectrum antibiotics, which significantly contribute problem resistance aggravate condition. We report three patients with routine-culture-negative abscess. pr...

BACKGROUND Hydatid disease is rare in the United States. Rarely the hydatid cyst can become infected with mycotic organisms, such as Aspergillus. We describe a young male who presents with clinical features of suppurative lung abscess whose workup diagnosed hydatid cyst complicated by Aspergillus co-infection. CASE PRESENTATION A 27-year-old Peruvian male was hospitalized because of fever, ch...

We report FDG PET of two cases of cold abscess due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Case 1 had colon cancer; FDG PET showed high FDG uptake in the colon lesion and low uptake in the inguinal lesion. The latter was a tuberculous cold abscess confirmed by CT/MRI and biopsy. Case 2 received radiotherapy for lung cancer and presented with suspected vertebral metastasis. Further studies revealed tuber...

BACKGROUND People living in plateau areas are prone to upper respiratory tract infections and secondary lung infections. The current study aimed explore the effects of bronchoalveolar lavage under fiberoptic bronchoscope for treatment patients with severe pulmonary infection areas. METHODS 148 admitted intensive care unit Shigatse People's Hospital (Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China) bet...