Infection in Immunocompromised Hosts: Imaging. Issue 5 (September 2018)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Infection in Immunocompromised Hosts: Imaging. Issue 5 (September 2018)
- Main Title:
- Infection in Immunocompromised Hosts
- Authors:
- Tanaka, Nobuyuki
Kunihiro, Yoshie
Yanagawa, Noriyo - Abstract:
- Abstract : Immunocompromised patients are encountered with increasing frequency in clinical practice. In addition to the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), therapy for malignant disease, and immune suppression for solid organ transplants, patients are now rendered immunosuppressed by advances in treatment for a wide variety of autoimmune diseases. The number of possible infecting organisms can be bewildering. Recognition of the type of immune defect and the duration and depth of immunosuppression (particularly in hematopoietic and solid organ transplants) can help generate a differential diagnosis. Radiologic imaging plays an important role in the detection and diagnosis of chest complications occurring in immunocompromised patients; however, chest radiography alone seldom provides adequate sensitivity and specificity. High-resolution computed tomography (CT) can provide better sensitivity and specificity, but even CT findings may be nonspecific findings unless considered in conjunction with the clinical context. Combination of CT pattern, clinical setting, and immunologic status provides the best chance for an accurate diagnosis. In this article, CT findings have been divided into 4 patterns: focal consolidation, nodules/masses, small/micronodules, and diffuse ground-glass attenuation/consolidation. Differential diagnoses are suggested for each pattern, adjusted for both AIDS and non-AIDS immunosuppressed patients.
- Is Part Of:
- Journal of thoracic imaging. Volume 33:Issue 5(2018)
- Journal:
- Journal of thoracic imaging
- Issue:
- Volume 33:Issue 5(2018)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 33, Issue 5 (2018)
- Year:
- 2018
- Volume:
- 33
- Issue:
- 5
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2018-0033-0005-0000
- Page Start:
- Page End:
- Publication Date:
- 2018-09
- Subjects:
- immunocompromised patient -- infection -- computed tomography
Chest -- Radiography -- Periodicals
Chest -- Diseases -- Diagnosis -- Periodicals
617.540757 - Journal URLs:
- http://journals.lww.com/thoracicimaging/pages/default.aspx ↗
http://journals.lww.com ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1097/RTI.0000000000000342 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0883-5993
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