A 26‐yr-old male with recurrent respiratory infections

A 26-yr-old male with recurrent respiratory infections.

A 26-yr-old male patient was referred to the outpatient clinic with a history of recurrent respiratory infections since 8 yrs of age and a daily productive cough with purulent sputum. He related nasal sneezing, hoarseness and wheezing episodes to weather changes and exposure to dusts and chemicals. Dyspnoea on exertion was present during exacerbations. He had never smoked and denied any family ...

A 75-Year-Old Female with Hemoptysis and Recurrent Respiratory Infections

This paper describes the case of a 75-year-old female who presented with significant hemoptysis over a 7-10 day period. She had a history of a left lower lobectomy 10 years prior for a "lung abscess." She subsequently had multiple episodes of cough, fevers, and possible pneumonia treated with multiple courses of Amoxicillin and Amoxicillin/Clavulanate. Review of her chest CT upon presentation t...

Recurrent respiratory infections in elderly

The physiological aging of the respiratory apparatus and the prolongued exposure to harmful agents, spread by the ventilation, cause the remodeling of the osteo–cartilagineous tissue and the hypertrophy of the nasal mucosa; these pathological changes alter the mechanism of defense and above all compromise the muco-ciliary clearance. Bacteria are in great measure hygroscopic, so once they are ca...

A 9-year-old girl with recurrent infections.

Recurrent wheezy bronchitis and viral respiratory infections.

Fifty four patients aged from 1 to 6 years who had had recurrent attacks of wheezy bronchitis were prospectively followed up for three months to find out if there was an association between different viral respiratory infections and episodes of wheezing. Of the 115 episodes of upper or lower respiratory tract symptoms, virus or Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection were diagnosed in 52 (45%). Thirty ...