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==Overview== | |||
Common chest x-ray findings in Legionnaires' disease include consolidation and pleural effusion. There are usually no chest x-ray findings in Pontiac fever. | |||
==Chest X Ray== | ==Chest X Ray== | ||
Chest X-ray findings in | Chest X-ray findings in Legionnaires' disease include: | ||
* [[Consolidation]] | * [[Consolidation]] | ||
* [[Pleural effusion]] | * [[Pleural effusion]] | ||
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* Bullous [[emphysema]] | * Bullous [[emphysema]] | ||
* [[Interstitial]] [[infiltrate]]s | * [[Interstitial]] [[infiltrate]]s | ||
==Gallery== | |||
[[File:Chest xray 2 legionnaires' disease.jpg|thumb|none|Bilateral pulmonary infiltrates in a patient with Legionnaires' disease.<sup>Courtesy of Janice Partin, Public Health Image Library<ref name=PHIL4>{{cite web |url=http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/details.asp |title=Public Health Image Library |last1=Partin |first1=Janice |website= www.cdc.gov |access-date= Jan 15 2016}}</ref></sup>]] | |||
[[File:Chest_xray_legionnaires'_disease.jpg|thumb|none|Bilateral pulmonary infiltrates in a patient with Legionnaires' disease.<sup>Courtesy of Janice Partin, Public Health Image Library<ref name=PHIL4>{{cite web |url=http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/details.asp |title=Public Health Image Library |last1=Partin |first1=Janice |website= www.cdc.gov |access-date= Jan 15 2016}}</ref></sup>]] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Pulmonology]] | [[Category:Pulmonology]] | ||
[[Category:Disease]] | [[Category:Disease]] | ||
[[Category:Bacterial diseases]] | [[Category:Bacterial diseases]] | ||
[[Category:Medical disasters]] | [[Category:Medical disasters]] | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Common chest x-ray findings in Legionnaires' disease include consolidation and pleural effusion. There are usually no chest x-ray findings in Pontiac fever.
Chest X Ray
Chest X-ray findings in Legionnaires' disease include:
- Consolidation
- Pleural effusion
- Cavitation - in immunosuppressed patients
- Bullous emphysema
- Interstitial infiltrates
Gallery
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Partin, Janice. "Public Health Image Library". www.cdc.gov. Retrieved Jan 15 2016. Check date values in:
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