title: Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection: chest CT findings.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to describe the chest CT findings in seven patients with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The most common CT finding in hospitalized patients with MERS-CoV infection is that of bilateral predominantly subpleural and basilar airspace changes, with more extensive ground-glass opacities than consolidation. The subpleural and peribronchovascular predilection of the abnormalities is suggestive of an organizing pneumonia pattern.
authors.affiliation: 1 Cardiothoracic Imaging Unit, Department of Radiology, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Western Region, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Amr M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Ajlan
authors.forename: Rayan A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Ahyad
authors.forename: Lamia Ghazi
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Jamjoom
authors.forename: Ahmed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alharthy
authors.forename: Tariq A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Madani
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004534:Egypt; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015588:Observer Variation; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic / Q000379:methods*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012529:Saudi Arabia; D045169:Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / Q000145:classification* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: CT; Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome (MERS); Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV); coronavirus; high-resolution CT; organizing pneumonia