Question
An alcoholic patient presents with a cough, fever, and very foul smelling breath (worse than usual)
What's the diagnosis? And what are the risk factors?
Answer
Lung abcess
Risk factors for a lung abscess include:
- Airway foreign body
- Alcoholism
- Cystic fibrosis
- Periodontal disease
- Diabetes
- Drug Abuse
- Esophageal surgery
- Gastric surgery
- Loss of consciousness
- Lung cancer
- Seizures
- Sinusitis
- Stroke
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