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Fig. 3 | Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Fig. 3

From: Lung infections in HIV-infected children: imaging pattern recognition and its correlation with CD4 counts

Fig. 3

Bacterial Infection. An 18-month-old male child reveals consolidation/haziness in bilateral upper & mid zones (thick vertical arrows), with hyperinflation in left lower zone (thin horizontal arrow), on frontal CXR (A). CT chest (axial, lung window) shows subsegmental consolidation in RUL (arrow in B), GGO in bilateral lower lobes (asterisks) and consolidation with hyperinflation of lateral basal segment of LLL (arrow in C). Sputum could not isolate any microorganism. BAL isolated Klebsiella species. CD4 count was 406 cells/cu.mm. Patient responded to antibacterial antibiotics and improved clinically & radiologically (D) over a period of 4 weeks

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