Infectious thoracic disease in Patients with neutropenia

Infectious diseases of the chest are some of the most frequent conditions to complicate neutropenia. Some of these diseases, such as pneumonia, are familiar to most physicians, but may have atypical presentations in the setting of neutropenia and therefore be difficult to diagnose. Others, such as infectious esophagitis, are rare in the general population and so may go unrecognized when presenting in an immunocompromised individual. As a result, a high index of suspicion must be maintained for infectious thoracic diseases in any patient with neutropenia.
Source: Current Problems in Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Source Type: research