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.
Subject(s)
Lung Abscess/epidemiology , 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/microbiology , Male , Middle Aged , Pseudomonas Infections/diagnosis , Pseudomonas Infections/epidemiology , Pseudomonas aeruginosa/isolation & purification , Retrospective Studies , Sex Factors , Togo/epidemiologyABSTRACT
Les auteurs font une etude retrospective de 144 dossiers d'abces pulmonaires colliges au Service de Pneumophtisiologie du CHU-Tokoin de Lome afin de determiner les profils epidemiologique; clinique; therapeutique et evolutif de cette affection dans la sous-region ouest-africaine. Les resultats comme ceux d'autres auteurs confirment l'evolution encore mortelle des abces pulmonaires malgre l'efficacite de la therapeutique anti-infectieuse
