Lung infections: the radiologist's perspective.
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serval:BIB_3A26AADC7FD4
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
Lung infections: the radiologist's perspective.
Journal
Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging
ISSN
2211-5684 (Electronic)
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2012
Volume
93
Number
6
Pages
431-440
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article ; Review
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Abstract
Imaging plays a key role in lung infections. A CT scan must be carried out when there is a strong clinical suspicion of pneumonia that is accompanied by normal, ambiguous, or nonspecific radiography, a scenario that occurs most commonly in immunocompromised patients. CT allows clinicians to detect associated abnormalities or an underlying condition and it can guide bronchoalveolar lavage or a percutaneous or transbronchial lung biopsy. An organism can vary in how it is expressed depending on the extent to which the patient is immunocompromised. This is seen in tuberculosis in patients with AIDS. The infective agents vary with the type of immune deficiency and some infections can quickly become life-threatening. Clinicians should be aware of the complex radiological spectrum of pulmonary aspergillosis, given that this diagnosis must be considered in specific settings.
Keywords
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/immunology, AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/radiography, Biopsy, Needle, Bronchoscopy, Cooperative Behavior, Diagnosis, Differential, Humans, Immune Tolerance/immunology, Interdisciplinary Communication, Lung/radiography, Opportunistic Infections/immunology, Opportunistic Infections/radiography, Pneumonia/immunology, Pneumonia/radiography, Radiography, Interventional, Sensitivity and Specificity, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/immunology, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/radiography
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