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Lung and brain abscess syndromes
| Category | Specific pathogen |
|---|---|
| Bacterial | Melioidosis (Burkholderia pseudomallei) |
| Nocardia spp. | |
| Actinomyces spp. | |
| Mycobacterial | Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
| Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare | |
| Mycobacterium abscessus | |
| Fungal | Blastomycosis |
| Aspergillosis | |
| Histoplasmosis | |
| Coccidiodomycosis | |
| Cryptococcosis | |
| Talaromycosis | |
| Parasitic | Paragonimus westermani |
| Strongyloides stercolaris |
Adapted and modified from Franco-Paredes, C. Academic Press, Elsevier 2016, P. 25 [60]
