At an isolated weather station in the central United States, a technician emerges from a small brick shed grasping a balloon. It's not just any birthday party balloon, mind you, but a massive, white sphere more than 5 feet (1.5 meters) in diameter.
Lung abscess can also be caused by the spread of other infections from the liver, abdominal cavity, or open chest wounds. Rarely, AIDS patients can develop lung abscess from Pneumocystis carinii and other organisms that take advantage of a weakened immune system. Lung abscess is usually slow to develop.
However, apart from Entamoeba histolytica, liver abscess may also be caused by other pathogens, including enteric gram-negative bacteria and pyogenic gram-positive cocci. Occasionally, salmonella, brucella, mycobacteria and even fungi have been known to produce abscesses in the liver.iliary disease is now the most common source of pyogenic abscess 4. Liver abscess can also arise from infection of the gall bladder, through the blood stream from infected foci anywhere in the body, and following direct trauma.