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  • Title: Surgical drainage of lung abscess complicating acute community-acquired pneumonia.
    Author: Potgieter PD, Hammond JM, Musson G, Odell J.
    Journal: Chest; 1991 May; 99(5):1280-2. PubMed ID: 2019194.
    Abstract:
    Two cases of severe community-acquired pneumonia requiring IPPV and complicated by the development of lung abscess were successfully treated with early surgical drainage. This procedure may be a life-saving measure in certain instances.
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