[Roentgenological picture of pneumonia caused by Legionella: on the materials of outbreak in town Verkhnyaya Pyshma].
Chest X-ray is the most common and widely used diagnostic procedure. Chest X-ray is frequently performed not only due to lungs diseases but also in other organs' diseases which indirectly affects lungs. At present computer tomography (CT) which has high resolution becomes to be more and more important. As in other diagnostic method, the main aim of CT is to confirm or reject the presence of disease. During outbreak of pneumonia in town Verkhnyaya Pyshma (Sverdlovsk region), all patients with suspected legionellosis underwent chest X-ray in front and lateral views. In several cases, computer tomography was performed.
Bashkirtseva
T Iu
TIu
Mikhaĭlova
D O
DO
Kartashov
V M
VM
Aleshchenkova
N N
NN
Bubnova
E M
EM
Aksent'eva
M N
MN
D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007876:Legionellosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed