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==Chest X Ray==
==Chest X Ray==
Pneumonic plague is rapidly progressive. Patients experience increasing [[dyspnea]], [[stridor]], and [[cyanosis]]. Rapidly progressive respiratory failure and [[sepsis]] within 2 to 4 days of onset of [[illness]] is typical of pneumonic plague.
Chest x-rays can be variable but frequently show bilateral patchy infiltrates or consolidation, such as the 1st image below.
Chest x-rays can be variable but frequently show bilateral patchy infiltrates or consolidation, such as the 1st image below.


[[Image:Chest pneumonic.jpg|400 px]]
[[Image:Chest pneumonic.jpg|400 px|thumb|left]]


[[Image:Bilateral plague.jpg|400 px|Bilateral Pulmonary Infection Greater in Left Lung]]
[[Image:Bilateral plague.jpg|400 px|thumb|left|Bilateral Pulmonary Infection Greater in Left Lung]]


[[Image:Anteroposterior plague.jpg|400 px|Anteroposterior X-Ray of Plague Patient]]
[[Image:Anteroposterior plague.jpg|400 px|thumb|left|Anteroposterior X-Ray of Plague Patient]]


==References==
==References==
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Revision as of 19:45, 18 December 2012

Template:Pneumonic plague Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Chest X Ray

Chest x-rays can be variable but frequently show bilateral patchy infiltrates or consolidation, such as the 1st image below.

Bilateral Pulmonary Infection Greater in Left Lung
Anteroposterior X-Ray of Plague Patient

References

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