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Case Reports
. 2014 Oct;203(4):782-7.
doi: 10.2214/AJR.14.13021. Epub 2014 Jun 11.

Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection: chest CT findings

Amr M Ajlan  1 , Rayan A Ahyad, Lamia Ghazi Jamjoom, Ahmed Alharthy, Tariq A Madani
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Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection: chest CT findings

Amr M Ajlan et al. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2014 Oct.

Abstract

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.

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

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  • Chest CT findings in MERS.
    Wiwanitkit V. Wiwanitkit V. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2015 Jan;204(1):W111. doi: 10.2214/AJR.14.13301. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2015. PMID: 25539265 No abstract available.
  • Reply to "Chest CT findings in MERS".
    Ajlan AM. Ajlan AM. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2015 Jan;204(1):W112. doi: 10.2214/AJR.14.13367. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2015. PMID: 25539266 No abstract available.

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