Postural drainage is important in the management of a lung abscess. The most satisfactory position is determined by radiological localisation.
Antibiotics therapy depends on the organism:
Percutaneous drainage of a lung abscess is usually reserved for patients in whom the abscess cavity does not communicate with the bronchus or those in whom medical treatment and physiotherapy fails.
Foreign bodies and some cavitating tumours may be removed surgically.
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