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.
Prevention and early diagnosis are important, for no effective treatment is available. Coal workers' pneumoconiosis, or black lung, usually in the form of bituminosis or anthracosilicosis, is caused by the inhalation of coal dust, often with silica, and is similar in its development and its effects to silicosis.alc pneumoconiosis a type of silicatosis caused by the inhalation of talc; symptoms include shortness of breath, cough, fatigue, weakness, and weight loss.