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Case Report
1 David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, California, USA
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Ryan G Aronin
Internal Medicine, 100 UCLA Medical Plaza, Suite 490, Los Angeles, California 90095,
USA
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Article ID: 101120Z01RA2020
Introduction: Necrotizing lung infections represent a wide spectrum of disease of varying severities. The etiology is numerous, but mostly results from aspiration. Definitive diagnosis of necrotizing lung infections is radiographic, but can often be difficult to distinguish between necrotizing pneumonia and pulmonary gangrene. While the backbone of therapy involves antibiotics, optimal timing of surgery for advanced disease is poorly documented and unclear in the literature.
Case Report: We recently cared for a 50-year-old male who presented with and was subsequently admitted for treatment for necrotizing pneumonia.
Conclusion: Medical management with antibiotics remain the backbone of treatment for necrotizing pneumonia. Surgical intervention remains reserved for treatment failure or advanced necrotizing disease.
Keywords: Abscess, Lung, Necrotizing pneumonia
Ryan G Aronin - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis of data, Interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
Ki Wan Park - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis of data, Interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
Asraful Hoque - Acquisition of data, Interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Final approval of the version to be published
Guarantor of SubmissionKi Wan Park is the guarantor of submission.
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Consent StatementWritten informed consent was obtained from the patient for publication of this article.
Data AvailabilityAll relevant data are within the paper and its Supporting Information files.
Conflict of InterestAuthors declare no conflict of interest.
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