Clinical Picture
- Most of the patients present with subacute onset of illness and do not seek
medical attention for three to four weeks since the onset of illness.
- Patients complain of cough, low grade fever, anorexia and weight loss of few
weeks duration .
- Patients often have cough with large amounts of foul smelling sputum.
- Lack of foul smell does not exclude lung abscess, as 50% of anaerobic infections
do not produce a foul smell.