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Radiological findings in acute haemophilus influenzae pulmonary infection.
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PMID:  21224303     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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Background: The aim of this study was to assess pulmonary thin-section CT findings in patients with acute Haemophilus influenzae pulmonary infection. Methods: Thin-section CT scans obtained between January 2004 and March 2009 from 434 patients with acute H. influenzae pulmonary infection were retrospectively evaluated. Patients with concurrent infection diseases, including Streptococcus pneumoniae (n  =  76), Staphylococcus aureus (n  =  58) or multiple pathogens were excluded from this study. Thus, our study group comprised 211 patients (106 men, 105 women; age range, 16-91 years, mean, 63.9 years). Underlying diseases included cardiac disease (n  =  35), pulmonary emphysema (n  =  23), post-operative status for malignancy (n  =  20) or bronchial asthma (n  =  15). Frequencies of CT patterns and disease distribution of parenchymal abnormalities, lymph node enlargement and pleural effusion were assessed by thin-section CT. Results: The CT findings in patients with H. influenzae pulmonary infection consisted mainly of ground-glass opacity (n  =  185), bronchial wall thickening (n  =  181), centrilobular nodules (n  =  137) and consolidation (n  =  112). These abnormalities were predominantly seen in the peripheral lung parenchyma (n  =  108). Pleural effusion was found in 22 patients. Two patents had mediastinal lymph node enlargement.
Authors:
F Okada; Y Ando; S Tanoue; R Ishii; S Matsushita; A Ono; T Maeda; H Mori
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Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2011-1-11
Journal Detail:
Title:  The British journal of radiology     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1748-880X     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2011 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-1-12     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0373125     Medline TA:  Br J Radiol     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Yufu, Oita, Japan.
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