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ArticleInternal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)2020

Chest Computed Tomography Abnormalities and Their Relationship to the Clinical Manifestation of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection in a Genetically Confirmed Outbreak.

Daijiro Nabeya, Takeshi Kinjo, Gretchen Lynn Parrott, Sawako Nakachi, Tomoko Yamashiro, Nanae Ikemiyagi, Wakako Arakaki, Hiroaki Masuzaki, Jiro Fujita

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Article in Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors.

Daijiro NabeyaDepartment of Infectious, Respiratory, and Digestive Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Japan.
Takeshi KinjoDepartment of Infectious, Respiratory, and Digestive Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Japan.
Gretchen Lynn ParrottDepartment of Infectious, Respiratory, and Digestive Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Japan.
Sawako NakachiDivision of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Hematology and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Japan.
Tomoko YamashiroDepartment of Infectious, Respiratory, and Digestive Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Japan.
Nanae IkemiyagiDepartment of Infectious, Respiratory, and Digestive Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Japan.
Wakako ArakakiDepartment of Infectious, Respiratory, and Digestive Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Japan.
Hiroaki MasuzakiDivision of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Hematology and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Japan.
Jiro FujitaDepartment of Infectious, Respiratory, and Digestive Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Japan.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Studies reporting chest images of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)-induced lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) in an outbreak setting and their relationship to the clinical manifestation are limited. During a genetically confirmed RSV outbreak, eight patients underwent both chest X-ray and computed tomography (CT). Among these, 5 cases had newly appearing abnormalities on CT, although chest X-ray was able to detect abnormalities in only 2 cases (40%). Although bronchial wall thickening was common, other findings and their distribution were variable, even in an outbreak setting. All patients with both a history of anticancer chemotherapy against hematological cancer and lower respiratory symptoms, such as wheezing, sputum, and hypoxemia, had abnormalities on CT, suggesting that these two factors might be important for predicting the existence of LRTI in RSV-infected patients.

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AgedDisease OutbreaksHumansJapanMiddle AgedRespiratory SoundsRespiratory Syncytial Virus InfectionsRespiratory Tract InfectionsRetrospective StudiesTomography, X-Ray ComputedYoung Adultbronchial wall thickeningschest CTlower respiratory tract infectionoutbreakrespiratory syncytial virus

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PMID31941871
PMCPMC7008051

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