Infectious Causes of Cavitary Lung Lesions
Causes | Examples (Disorder) |
|---|---|
Aerobic organisms | Burkholderia pseudomallei*, † Klebsiella pneumonia* Nocardia‡ Pseudomonas aeruginosa* Staphylococcus aureus§ Streptococcus milleri§ Other streptococci§ |
Anaerobic organisms | Actinomyces‡ Bacteroides* Clostridium‡ Fusobacterium* Peptostreptococcus§ Prevotella* |
Fungi | Aspergillus (aspergillosis) Blastomyces dermatitidis (blastomycosis) Coccidioides immitis (coccidioidomycosis) Cryptococcus neoformans (cryptococcosis) Histoplasma capsulatum (histoplasmosis) Pneumocystis jirovecii (P. jirovecii pneumonia) Rhizomucor (mucormycosis) Rhizopus (mucormycosis) Sporothrix schenckii (sporotrichosis) |
Mycobacteria | Mycobacterium avium-cellulare Mycobacterium kansasii Mycobacterium tuberculosis (tuberculosis)† |
Parasites | Entamoeba histolytica (amebiasis)† Echinococcus granulosus (echinococcosis)† Echinococcus multilocularis(echinococcosis)† Paragonimus westermani(paragonimiasis)† |
* Gram-negative bacilli. | |
† These causes usually occur only in certain areas of high prevalence or after travel to such areas. | |
‡ Gram-positive bacilli. | |
§ Gram-positive cocci. | |