title: [Febrile neutropenia in lung cancer patients].
abstract: A malignant tumor and infection have a close relation which is hard to separate. The differential diagnosis of the infection is necessary even at the time of the diagnosis of the malignant tumor. Controlling infection is another difficulty at the anti-cancer treatment as next step. In this report, the issues concerning the infection with lung cancer, especially febrile neutropenia, was argued.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Fukuoka University Hospital.
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fujita
mesh_terms: D005334:Fever / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D009503:Neutropenia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy