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Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) Infection: Chest CT Findings

Journal

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ROENTGENOLOGY
Volume 203, Issue 4, Pages 782-787

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AMER ROENTGEN RAY SOC
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.14.13021

Keywords

coronavirus; CT; high-resolution CT; Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome (MERS); Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV); organizing pneumonia

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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. CONCLUSION. 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.

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