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Enterovirus 68 chest x ray
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Imaging studies, such as chest x-ray, may be requested for infected patients with signs and symptoms of lower respiratory tract infection. Abnormal chest X-ray may reveal evidence of infiltration, consolidation, atelectasis, and air trapping.
Chest X-Ray
Chest X-Ray
- Chest X-rays may be normal among most patients with uncomplicated EV-D68 infection.
- Abnormal findings have been reported in approximately 25-50% of patients.[1][2] These findings include:
- Perihiliar infiltrates
- Consolidation
- Atelectasis
- Air trapping
References
References
- ↑ Imamura, Tadatsugu; Suzuki, Akira; Lupisan, Socorro; Kamigaki, Taro; Okamoto, Michiko; Roy, Chandra Nath; Olveda, Remigio; Oshitani, Hitoshi (2014). “Detection of enterovirus 68 in serum from pediatric patients with pneumonia and their clinical outcomes”. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 8 (1): 21–24. doi:10.1111/irv.12206. ISSN 1750-2640.
- ↑ Jacobson, Lara M.; Redd, John T.; Schneider, Eileen; Lu, Xiaoyan; Chern, Shur-Wern W.; Oberste, M. Steven; Erdman, Dean D.; Fischer, Gayle E.; Armstrong, Gregory L.; Kodani, Maja; Montoya, Jennifer; Magri, Julie M.; Cheek, James E. (2012). “Outbreak of Lower Respiratory Tract Illness Associated With Human Enterovirus 68 Among American Indian Children”. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 31 (3): 309–312. doi:10.1097/INF.0b013e3182443eaf. ISSN 0891-3668.
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