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Elsevier, Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging, 6(93), p. 431-440, 2012

DOI: 10.1016/j.diii.2012.04.021

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Lung infections: The radiologist's perspective

Journal article published in 2012 by C. Beigelman-Aubry ORCID, C. Godet, E. Caumes
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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.