Lung abscess: analysis of the results as community-acquired or nosocomial

TUTAR N. , OYMAK F. S. , Kanbay A. , Buyukoglan H., YILDIRIM A., YILMAZ I. , ...More

TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, vol.43, no.2, pp.255-262, 2013 (Journal Indexed in SCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 43 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2013
  • Doi Number: 10.3906/sag-1205-54
  • Title of Journal : TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
  • Page Numbers: pp.255-262

Abstract

Aim: To assess the etiology, underlying disease, treatment procedures, and mortality rate of lung abscesses by dividing the patients into community-acquired lung abscess (GALA) and nosocomial lung abscess (NLA) subgroups.