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.
This section shows a full list of all the diseases and conditions listed as a possible cause of Abscess in our database from various sources. 1  Actinomycetales infection - organ abscesses. 2  Actinomycosis - abscess formation. 3  Bacteremia - abscesses.  Bacterial appendicitis - Abscess 1  formation. Bacterial infection.