Saturday, 23 October 2010

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