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Should I Be Worried About Persistent Infection In Right Lung?

I was diagnosed with diffuse large b cell lymphoma July 2013 and have finished chemo. PET scan (23.01.14) showed small infection in right lung that had been noticed in Nov/Dec hospital admission. Why would there be an ongoing or persistent infection in right lung?
Tue, 20 Jan 2015
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Diffuse large B cell lymphoma is blood malignancy. In blood malignancy immunity of the patient is very compromised. And chemotherapy makes it even worse.
So these patients are at great risk of infection. In such patients infections tend to stay longer and chances of resistant or uncommon infection are more.
So possibility of Fungal infection, tubercular infection or parasitic infection is high.
Since you are having chronic lung infection , fungal and tubercular infection appears more .
Better to consult pulmonologist and get done bronchoscopy and BAL (Bronchoalveolar lavage) analysis to find out the causative organism and start appropriate treatment.
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Should I Be Worried About Persistent Infection In Right Lung?

Thanks for your question on HCM. Diffuse large B cell lymphoma is blood malignancy. In blood malignancy immunity of the patient is very compromised. And chemotherapy makes it even worse. So these patients are at great risk of infection. In such patients infections tend to stay longer and chances of resistant or uncommon infection are more. So possibility of Fungal infection, tubercular infection or parasitic infection is high. Since you are having chronic lung infection , fungal and tubercular infection appears more . Better to consult pulmonologist and get done bronchoscopy and BAL (Bronchoalveolar lavage) analysis to find out the causative organism and start appropriate treatment.