Sandbox:Aditya

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Classification

Based on duration

  • Acute
    • If symptoms are present for less than 6 weeks before presenting to medical care
  • Chronic
    • If symptoms persist for more than 6 weeks

Based on Etiology

  • Primary
    • When Abscess develops in patients who were healthy previously
      • Aspiration of oropharyngeal secretions
      • Immunodeficiency conditions like HIV
      • Necrotizing pneumonitis
  • Secondary
  • Abscess developing in patients with other associated medical condition leading to lung abscess
    • Bronchial obstruction
    • Hematogenic dissemination
    • Infection spread from mediastinum
    • Coexisting Lung Diseases

Based on mode of spread

  • Bronchiogenic
    • Aspiration of Oropharyngeal secretions
    • Bronchial obstruction by Tumor
    • Foreign body,Conegnital Malformations and Enlarged LymphNodes
  • Hematogenic
    • Infective endocarditis
    • Abdominal Sepsis
    • Septic Thromboembolisim
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