BACKGROUND: Necrotizing pneumonia is an uncommon but severe complication of
bacterial pneumonia, associated with high morbidity and mortality. The availability of current …

Klebsiella pneumoniae is the species of aerobic gram-negative bacteria most commonly
recognized as a cause of community-acquired pneumonia. The vast majority of articles …

Objective. To assess and contrast the role of interventional therapy for two types of cavitating
pneumonias: lung abscess and necrotizing pneumonia. Materials and methods. We …

Necrotizing pneumonia, massive necrosis of lung tissue, is a serious, often fatal,
complication of lobar pneumonia. Four children 1.3 to 7.5 yr of age were hospitalized with …

(Cheal 1994; 105: l $61-13) pulmonary gangrene is a rare complication of severe pulmonary
infection in which a pulmonary segment or lobe is sloughed. It is part of a spectrum of …

PURPOSE: To determine if computed tomographic (CT) findings of decreased contrast
material enhancement are predictive of more intense illness and of the development of …

Massive pulmonary gangrene is a rare complication of pneumonia, particularly in the
postantibiotic era. We report two cases of community-acquired Streptococcus pneumoniae …

Klebsiella species is ubiquitous in nature and is an important pathogen of humans and
animals. K. pneumoniae is the most notorious opportunistic pathogen mainly affecting the …

The genus Klebsiella consists of non-motile, aerobic and facultatively anaerobic, Gram
negative rods. At the time of writing, the genus Klebsiella comprises K. pneumoniae subsp …

Objective: To assess the incidence of necrotizing pneumonia (NP) in children submitted to
thoracoscopy, comparing patients with and without NP in terms of the presentation and …