Polmoniti infettive - Medicina e Chirurgia - Università degli Studi di ...
Polmoniti infettive - Medicina e Chirurgia - Università degli Studi di ...
Polmoniti infettive - Medicina e Chirurgia - Università degli Studi di ...
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Polmonite da Mycoplasma pneumoniae<br />
Chest ra<strong>di</strong>ograph of a young<br />
woman with Mycoplasma<br />
pneumoniae pneumonia showing<br />
bilateral patchy alveolar opacities<br />
of the lower lobes. There is a wide<br />
spectrum of ra<strong>di</strong>ographic<br />
presentations in M. pneumoniae<br />
pneumonia, inclu<strong>di</strong>ng alveolar<br />
<strong>di</strong>sease, interstitial <strong>di</strong>sease, or<br />
combined interstitial/alveolar<br />
<strong>di</strong>sease. Infiltrates are<br />
characteristically unilateral patchy<br />
areas of bronchopneumonia,<br />
usually involving the lower lobes;<br />
multilobar involvement, pleural<br />
effusion, and hilar adenopathy<br />
have been described. M.<br />
pneumoniae infection often<br />
begins insi<strong>di</strong>ously with gradual<br />
onset of constitutional and<br />
pneumonic symptoms.
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