Pulmonary Complication of Novel Influenza A (H1N1) Infection: Imaging Features in Two Patients.
10.3348/kjr.2009.10.6.531
- Author:
Choong Wook LEE
1
;
Joon Beom SEO
;
Jae Woo SONG
;
Hyun Joo LEE
;
Jin Seong LEE
;
Mi Young KIM
;
Eun Jin CHAE
;
Jin Woo SONG
;
Won Young KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul 138-736, Korea. seojb@amc.seoul.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Influenza, human;
Lung, infection;
Lung, CT;
Lung, radiography
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Adult;
Female;
Humans;
*Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype;
Influenza, Human/complications/drug therapy/*radiography/virology;
Lung/*radiography/virology;
Pneumonia, Pneumococcal/drug therapy/*radiography;
Radiography, Thoracic;
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction;
*Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- From:Korean Journal of Radiology
2009;10(6):531-534
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Novel influenza A (H1N1) virus is the pathogen of recent global outbreaks of febrile respiratory infection. We herein report the imaging findings of pulmonary complication in two patients with novel influenza A (H1N1) infection. The first patient without secondary infection showed the ill-defined ground-glass opacity nodules and patch areas of ground-glass opacities. The second patient with secondary pneumococcal pneumonia showed areas of lobar consolidation in the right middle lobe and left lower lobe and ground-glass opacities.