Yep! Specifically, in a patient who is constantly aspirating food (say, someone who’s throat muscles are messed up), sometimes remodeling occurs that blocks off a section of the lung, making an air-free area.
The problem is, if someone, say, has a seizure and inhales their own vomit (one time), some doctors might give antibiotics that specifically target anaerobes (as they were trained to), but they really shouldn’t, and there isn’t even any research saying that they should.
Yep! Specifically, in a patient who is constantly aspirating food (say, someone who’s throat muscles are messed up), sometimes remodeling occurs that blocks off a section of the lung, making an air-free area.
The problem is, if someone, say, has a seizure and inhales their own vomit (one time), some doctors might give antibiotics that specifically target anaerobes (as they were trained to), but they really shouldn’t, and there isn’t even any research saying that they should.