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*[[Vasculitis]]: [[Wegener's granulomatosis]]
*[[Vasculitis]]: [[Wegener's granulomatosis]]
*Necrotizing [[tumors]]: 8% to 18% are due to neoplasms across all age groups, higher in older people; primary squamous carcinoma of the lung is the commonest.
*Necrotizing [[tumors]]: 8% to 18% are due to neoplasms across all age groups, higher in older people; primary squamous carcinoma of the lung is the commonest.
=== Organisms ===
In the post-antibiotic era pattern of frequency is changing. In older studies anerobes were found in upto 90% cases but they are much less frequent now<ref>{{cite journal |author=Bartlett JG |title=The role of anaerobic bacteria in lung abscess |journal=Clin. Infect. Dis. |volume=40 |issue=7 |pages=923-5 |year=2005 |pmid=15824980 |doi=10.1086/428586}}</ref>.
*Anaerobic bacteria: [[Peptostreptococcus]], [[Bacteroides]], [[Fusobacterium]] species,
*Microaerophilic [[streptococcus]] : ''Streptococcus milleri''
*Aerobic bacteria: [[Staphylococcus]], [[Klebsiella]], [[Haemophilus]], [[Pseudomonas]],[[Nocardia]], Escheria coli, [[Streptococcus]], Mycobacteria<ref name="pmid10084487">{{cite journal |author=Hirshberg B, Sklair-Levi M, Nir-Paz R, Ben-Sira L, Krivoruk V, Kramer MR |title=Factors predicting mortality of patients with lung abscess. |journal=Chest |volume=115 |issue=3 |pages=746-50 |year=1999 |pmid=10084487 |doi=}}</ref>
*[[Fungus|Fungi]]: [[Candida (genus)|Candida]], [[Aspergillus]]
*Parasites: [[Entamoeba histolytica]]


== Reference ==
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In the post-antibiotic era pattern of frequency is changing. In older studies anerobes were found in upto 90% cases but they are much less frequent now[1].

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  1. Bartlett JG (2005). "The role of anaerobic bacteria in lung abscess". Clin. Infect. Dis. 40 (7): 923–5. doi:10.1086/428586. PMID 15824980.
  2. Hirshberg B, Sklair-Levi M, Nir-Paz R, Ben-Sira L, Krivoruk V, Kramer MR (1999). "Factors predicting mortality of patients with lung abscess". Chest. 115 (3): 746–50. PMID 10084487.


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