TY - JOUR
TI - Radiological, epidemiological and clinical patterns of pulmonary viral
infections
AU - Stefanidis, Konstantinos
AU - Konstantelou, Elissavet
AU - Yusuf, Gibran
AU - Timothy
AU - Oikonomou, Anastasia
AU - Tavernaraki, Kyriaki and
AU - Karakitsos, Dimitrios
AU - Loukides, Stylianos
AU - Vlahos, Ioannis
JO - European Journal of Radiology
PY - 2021
VL - 136
TODO - null
SP - null
PB - Elsevier Ireland Ltd
SN - 0720-048X
TODO - 10.1016/j.ejrad.2021.109548
TODO - Respiratory viruses; Imaging; Computed Tomography; Chest x-ray; Clinical
presentation; Epidemiology; Diagnosis; Differential diagnosis
TODO - Respiratory viruses are the most common causes of acute respiratory
infections. However, identification of the underlying viral pathogen may
not always be easy. Clinical presentations of respiratory viral
infections usually overlap and may mimic those of diseases caused by
bacteria. However, certain imaging morphologic patterns may suggest a
particular viral pathogen as the cause of the infection. Although
definitive diagnosis cannot be made on the basis of clinical or imaging
features alone, the use of a combination of clinical and radiographic
findings can substantially improve the accuracy of diagnosis. The
purpose of this review is to present the clinical, epidemiological and
radiological patterns of lower respiratory tract viral pathogens
providing a comprehensive approach for their diagnosis and
identification in hospitals and community outbreaks.
ER -