TY - JOUR
T1 - Radiological, epidemiological and clinical patterns of pulmonary viral infections
AU - Stefanidis, Konstantinos
AU - Konstantelou, Elissavet
AU - Yusuf, Gibran Timothy
AU - Oikonomou, Anastasia
AU - Tavernaraki, Kyriaki
AU - Karakitsos, Dimitrios
AU - Loukides, Stylianos
AU - Vlahos, Ioannis
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2021/3
Y1 - 2021/3
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Chest x-ray
KW - Clinical presentation
KW - Computed Tomography
KW - Diagnosis
KW - Differential diagnosis
KW - Epidemiology
KW - Imaging
KW - Respiratory viruses
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ejrad.2021.109548
DO - 10.1016/j.ejrad.2021.109548
M3 - Review article
C2 - 33485125
AN - SCOPUS:85100122088
SN - 0720-048X
VL - 136
JO - European Journal of Radiology
JF - European Journal of Radiology
M1 - 109548
ER -