Community respiratory viruses as a cause of lower respiratory tract infections following suppressive chemotherapy in cancer patients.

Background And Purpose: Community respiratory viruses are an important cause of respiratory disease in the immunocompromised patients with cancer. To evaluate the occurrence and clinical significance of respiratory virus infections in hospitalized cancer patients at National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, during anticancer treatment, we studied cases that developed episodes of lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI).

Patients And Methods: Thirty patients with LRTI were studied clinically, radiologically, and microbiologically.