cause of lower-lobe (right) back pain associated

[eckmaryann]

I'm under the care of a board certified pulmonologist after about 6 weeks of deep, productive coughing accompanied by lower right back pain where the doc says he hears "clicking." Xrays show a shadow (arc) he says may be pleura inflammation and prescribed cortisone for 1 week and followed by another xray for comparison.  no change.  CAT w/contrast followed, which he has yet to see.  (all this following an agressive antibiotic therapy by g.p. w/ no results.) no fever, ever; no particular weakness, but persistant productive coughing and back pain, like being bruuised w/ a baseball bat.

Can dental work cause pulmonary infection or even embolism?  

thanks.

[National Jewish]

The results of the CT scan should be helpful in identifying the cause of your cough and chest pain.  Since you have never had a fever, the likelihood of an infection is decreased.  If there is a dental infection initially, it is possible for dental work to lead to a pulmonary infection.