infection
Last reviewed 01/2018
- most commonly affects the lungs, mediastinum, CNS or the wound.
- lung infection presents as pneumonia. Organisms include bacterial infection (eg H. influenzae, S. aureus, S. pneumoniae, Klebsiella, Pseudomonas), fungal infection (eg Aspergillus), protozoal (P. carinii) or viral infection (eg CMV).