Pneumonia With Cavitation - Causes

Bacterial Causes:

• Actinomycosis
• Anaerobes
• Atypical mycobacteria
• Gram negatives
• Legionella
• Mycobacterium tuberculosis
• Nocardia
• Rhodococcus
• Staph aureus
• Strep pneumoniae (rare)

Fungal Causes:

• Aspergillus
• Blastomycosis (uncommon)
• Coccidioidomycosis
• Cryptococcosis (uncommon)
• Histoplasmosis
• Pneumocystis
• Sporotrichosis

Parasitic Causes:

• Amoebiasis
• Echinococcosis
• Paragonimiasis

Tags: Cavitation - Pneumonia
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