Head and Neck Imaging
Radiological Findings of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Complicated with Rhodococcus Equi Pneumonia*
Author：HUANG De-yang, LIU Jin-xin, DING Yan, et al.
affiliation：Radiology Department, Guangzhou Eighth People's Hospital, Guangzhou 510060, Guangdong Province, China
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Objective To study the imaging appearances of Rhodococcus equi pneumonia of ten Patients with Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Methods Thoracic imaging appearances of Rhodococcus equi pneumoniain of ten patients with AIDS were retrospectively analyzed. Results The chest radiograph showed patchy consolidations (n=4), mass shadow with high density (n=5). irregular cavity(n=5), pleural effusion(n=3). CT showed large lobar(n=8), patchy consolidations(n=9), irregular cavity (n=9)(8case have air-fluid level), adjacent pleural thickening (n=7), leural effusion(n=4), nodules(n=8), air bronchogram (n=7), Mediastinal lymph node enlargement(n=3), ronchiectasis(n=1). Conclusion The most common radiological in AIDS patients with Rhodococcus equi pulmonary infection are Large consolidations with multiple cavitations and pleural thickening, multiple centrilobular nodules.
【Keyword】Rhodococcus Equi; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; The Opportunistic Pathogen; Diagnostic Imaging
【Chart number】R512.91
【Document Identification Number】A
【DOI】10.3969/j.issn.1672-5131.2015.10.014
Chinese journal of CT and MRI
th13Volume， th 10 Issue
2017Year10Month
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