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Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
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Fig. 6

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

Fig. 6

Bacterial Infection. An 11-year-old-HIV-positive male patient presented with cough & fever since 15 days. CXR-posteroanterior (PA) view reveals a homogenous opacity involving left lower zone causing silhouetting of left cardiac border and left hemi-diaphragm (arrow, A). CT chest shows left lower lobe and lingular atelecto-bronchiectatic changes (arrow in B,C) with ipsilateral mediastinal shift and upward displacement of the left hemi-diaphragm. Sputum could not isolate any microorganism. CD4 count was 248 cells/cu.mm. Patient was given antibacterial antibiotics and improved clinically over a period of 2 weeks

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