Abstract

Lung abscess is a rare entity in childhood, but leads to high morbidity and long length of hospitalisation. It appears commonly in children with risk factors or other disease, have a good response to antibiotic therapy and it is rarely necessary the use of invasive techniques. Authors present two cases of lung abscess in children, one of them with risk factors to aspiration, that improved with antibiotic therapy and make a revision about this entity in infancy.

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