Respiratory viral infections before the COVID-19 in Portugal: A single center study.

Objectives: We aimed to describe the respiratory viruses (RV) found in respiratory samples from patients admitted to Hospital de São Bernardo, Setúbal, Portugal, between October 2019 and March 2020, and to correlate these with clinical features.

Design: This retrospective study explored 948 fresh frozen naso/oropharyngeal swabs, tested by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction.

Results: Rhinovirus/enterovirus, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus (hRSV) were the most prevalent RV.

Characterization and management of elderly and very elderly patients with non-small cell lung cancer.

Objectives: Despite non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) high prevalence and increasing incidence, evidence specific to the elderly and very elderly is sparse. To retrospectively compare characterization and approach of NSCLC patients (pts) aged 70-79 and ≥80 years.

Methods: We performed a retrospective analysis of 297 adult NSCLC pts who registered and initiated NSCLC management in our Pulmonology Oncology Unit from January 2013 to December 2016 corresponding to 38.

A Rare Case of Granulomatous Pneumonitis Due to Intravesical BCG for Bladder Cancer.

Granulomatous pneumonitis is a rare complication of bacillus Calmette-Guerin immunotherapy following intravesical administration of bacillus Calmette-Guerin. The authors present an unusual case of a 67-year-old man who developed mild and non-specific symptoms, following intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guerin instillations. Examinations revealed features of miliary tuberculosis and granuloma suggestive of mycobacterial infection.

A rare case of empyema: Still a challenging entity to manage.

is a rare pathogen and an infrequent cause of human actinomycosis. Less than ten cases were reported in the English-literature to date concerning empyema. We herein report a case to promote the awareness and adequate management of the disease.