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Lung CT Segmentation to Identify Consolidations and Ground Glass Areas for Quantitative Assesment of SARS-CoV Pneumonia
Published on: December 19, 2020
[Etiologic agents of pneumonia and the relation to the radiographic findings]
Agnieszka Kiryszewska1, Agnieszka Nielepkowicz-Goździńska, Adam Antczak
1Zakład Mikrobiologii i Laboratoryjnej Immunologii Medycznej Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Łodzi. agnieszka.kiryszewska@umed.lodz.pl
Introduction:
The aim of this study was to asses correlation between etiological causative agents of community-acquired pneumonia and localization of inflammatory focuses in the lung.
Materials And Methods:
Samples of sputum, bronchoaspirate and BAL's from 62 patients hospitalized due to community-acquired pneumonia were microbiological tested. Chest radiographs of patients were analyzed.
Results:
Streptococcus pneumoniae caused inflammatory focuses more frequent in the lower right part of the lung. Gram-negative rods were more frequent cause of inflammatory focuses localized in the lower left side of the lung. Streptococcus pneumoniae more frequent caused inflammation one lobe of the lung and Gram-negative rods more than one part of the lung.
Conclusions:
Results of this study confirm correlation between isolated pathogen, localization of the inflammatory response in the lung in patients with community-acquired pneumonia.
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