id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-314359-fw14b5cv Bajaj, Satish Kumar Respiratory infections in immunocompromised patients: Lung findings using chest computed tomography 2016-11-23 .txt text/plain 4341 253 36 Patient who present with classical symptoms like fever, rigors, chills, cough with expectoration, chest pain, dyspnea and whose chest radiographic findings are suggestive of common bacterial infections is considered to have typical pneumonia. Clinical features such as patient age, immune status, time of year, illness in other family members, community outbreaks, different stages of the underlying disease at onset, severity and duration of symptoms, and presence of a rash remain important in diagnosing viral causes of atypical pneumonia in immune-competent as well as ICPs. CXR is an essential tool for rapid diagnosis of lung changes and may also be help in follow up of the treatment response. However, in hospitalized patients with similar radiological features without any relevant clinical and laboratory findings consistent with lung infection, a possible diagnosis of atelectasis, old changes and organizing pneumonias following a course of antibiotics should be considered. ./cache/cord-314359-fw14b5cv.txt ./txt/cord-314359-fw14b5cv.txt