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.
Most frequently, the lung abscess arises as a complication of aspiration pneumonia caused by mouth anaerobes. The patients who develop lung abscess are predisposed to aspiration and commonly have periodontal disease.
Of the 44 causes of Abscess that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information: 1  2 causes are very common diseases. 2  4 causes are common diseases. 3  2 causes are uncommon diseases.  0 causes are rare 1  diseases. 5 causes are very rare diseases.  34 causes have no prevalence information.