A lung abscess is a localized (usually >2.0cm in diameter), suppurative necrotizing collection occurring within the pulmonary parenchyma. A number of infectious agents can be responsible for abscess ...

THE broadening spectrum of rheumatoid disease is presenting new diagnostic problems for the clinician. This report is based on our investigation of obscure lung disease accompanied by migratory ...

EFFECTIVE therapy for most of the deep mycoses has not been available until recently. With the exceptions of iodides for sporotrichosis, penicillin for actinomycosis, sulfadiazine for nocardiosis and ...

Clinical Infectious Diseases publishes clinically relevant articles on the pathogenesis, clinical investigation, medical microbiology, diagnosis, immune mechanisms, and treatment of diseases caused by ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 67-year-old woman with an extensive history of smoking initially presented complaining of a persistent cough.

A patient presented with a 2-week history of cough, foul-smelling sputum, fever, hemoptysis, pleuritic chest pain, and clubbing. There is a history of weight loss and alcoholism. Laboratory data show ...