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

O Tidjani; A H Gbadoe; M Grunitzky-Bekele; K Adjadja; A Lawson-Apetoh; G Djinadou

[Pulmonary abscess in Lomé. 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.

[Article in French]

Authors

O Tidjani¹, A H Gbadoe, M Grunitzky-Bekele, K Adjadja, A Lawson-Apetoh, G Djinadou

Affiliation

¹ Service de Pneumo-phtisiologie et des Maladies Infectieuses, CHU-Tokoin, Lomé, Togo.

PMID: 8555775

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 Lomé (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.

MeSH terms

AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / diagnosis
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / epidemiology
Adult
Aged
Female
HIV Seropositivity
Humans
Klebsiella Infections / diagnosis
Klebsiella Infections / epidemiology
Klebsiella pneumoniae / isolation & purification
Lung Abscess / drug therapy
Lung Abscess / epidemiology*
Lung Abscess / microbiology
Male
Middle Aged
Pseudomonas Infections / diagnosis
Pseudomonas Infections / epidemiology
Pseudomonas aeruginosa / isolation & purification
Retrospective Studies
Sex Factors
Togo / epidemiology