Antibiotic treatment of patients with primary bronchial cancer

In the course of the retrospective evaluation of the case histories of 198 patients with documented primary lung cancer, the authors analysed the respiratory tract infections described in the case records and observed during clinical treatment. The bacterial flora of the patients and the sensitivity of the pathogens to antibiotics were examined. A comparison was performed between the antibiotic treatment and infectious complications of patients undergoing a cytostatic regimen and of those who were not administered cytostatic agents. The analysis of the data of bronchial cancer patients led to the conclusion that an adequately chosen and performed antibiotic treatment results in lower mortality due to respiratory tract infections than is described in the literature.