Polmoniti infettive - Medicina e Chirurgia - Università degli Studi di ...

• Presenza di una o più aree iperdiafane nel contesto di un addensamento
infiammatorio
Quadro radiologico
• Segmenti posteriori del lobo superiore e segmenti apicali dei lobi inferiori
An immunocompromised woman
presented with nonproductive
cough, low-grade fever, and
malaise (left ( left panel). panel).
Three days
later, she developed fulminant
Pseudomonas bacteremia
presenting clinically as
pulmonary embolism with
infarction and development of a
wedge-shaped, pleural-based
infiltrate of the right midlung
field (right ( right panel). panel).
This form of
infection is characterized by
invasion of vessels, vascular
necrosis, necrotizing pneumonia, pneumonia,