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.
most abscesses are caused by a bacterial infection when bacteria enter your body your immune system sends infection fighting white blood cells to the affected area as the white blood cells attack the bacteria some nearby tissue dies creating a hole which then fills with pus to form an abscessn abscess is a painful collection of pus usually caused by a bacterial infection an abscess can develop anywhere in the body this article focuses on two types of abscess skin abscesses which develop under the skin