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[Pulmonary abscess in Lome. Apropos of 144 cases collected in the Pneumo-Phthisiology Department of the University Hospital Center-Tokoin from 1981-1993]

Bull Soc Pathol Exot. 1995;88(3):95-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96150678
Tidjani O; Gbadoe AH; Grunitzky-Bekele M; Adjadja K; Lawson-Apetoh A; Djinadou G; Service de Pneumo-phtisiologie et des Maladies Infectieuses,; CHU-Tokoin, Lome, Togo.

Abstract: The authors report the results of a retrospective study of 144 cases of lung abscess observed in the Pneumo-Phthisiology Department of Tokoin University Teaching Hospital of Lome (Togo) between 1981 and 1993 for to determine epidemiological, clinical, therapeutical and evolutive aspects of this affection on West Africa. The results like those of other authors confirm still grievous evolution nowadays of lung abscess in spite of medical drugs efficacy.
Keywords: Adult Aged AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/DIAGNOSIS/EPIDEMIOLOGY English Abstract Female Human HIV Seropositivity Klebsiella pneumoniae/ISOLATION & PURIF Klebsiella Infections/DIAGNOSIS/EPIDEMIOLOGY Lung Abscess/DRUG THERAPY/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/MICROBIOLOGY Male Middle Age Pseudomonas aeruginosa/ISOLATION & PURIF Pseudomonas Infections/DIAGNOSIS/EPIDEMIOLOGY Retrospective Studies Sex Factors Togo/EPIDEMIOLOGY JOURNAL ARTICLEKWDadultagedaids-relatedopportunisticinfections/diagnosis/epidemiologyenglishabstractfemalehumanhivseropositivityklebsiellapneumoniae/isolation&purifklebsiellainfections/diagnosis/epidemiologylungabscess/drugtherapy/KWDepidemiology/microbiologymalemiddleagepseudomonasaeruginosa/isolation&purifpseudomonasinfections/diagnosis/epidemiologyretrospectivestudiessexfactorstogo/epidemiologyjournalarticle
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