Respiratory infections in immunocompromised patients

Purpose of review Immunosuppressive states and therapies are becoming common in clinical practice. Recent advances and trends in bacterial, fungal, viral and parasitic pulmonary infections in immunosuppressed patients are described. Recent findings Pulmonary infections can jeopardize the prognosis of immunosuppressed patients. The number of patients infected with multidrug-resistant bacteria or opportunistic pathogens like rapid-growing...