Clinical presentation and management outcomes of pediatric lung abscess: A retrospective cohort study
Pediatric lung abscess in otherwise healthy children presents with significant systemic and respiratory symptoms but responds well to prolonged, escalated antibiotic therapy. Conservative management is effective in the majority of cases, with excellent clinical and radiological outcomes and low surgical intervention rates.
Authors
- Lina Alshadfan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4832-5149)
- Muna Kilani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2798-3970)
- Mohammed K Al-Raqad
- Saleh Abualhaj (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-3243-9007)
- Hisham Hamdan
- Samia Saber Abu Taleb
- Diana AlSaify
Institutions
- Hashemite University (JO)
- King Hussein Cancer Center (JO)
- Jordan Hospital (JO)
- Al-Balqa Applied University (JO)
- Ministry of Health (ES)
- Innovia (United States) (US)
- The Farah Hospital (JO)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2026-03-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0345174
- Primary Topic
- Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00