J Korean Radiol Soc.  1983 Jun;19(2):347-352. 10.3348/jkrs.1983.19.2.347.

Chest x-ray findings of opportunistic infections

• Lee Y
• Jeon SC
• Kim JK
• Park JH
• Kim CW

• KMID: 2463176
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3348/jkrs.1983.19.2.347

Abstract

The chest X-ray findings of 20 cases of pulmonary opportunistic infections were analyzed according tocausative agents. The results we as follows; 1. Final diagnoses of 20 cases of opportunistic infections weretuberculosis in 6 cases, pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in 5 cases, bacterial infection in 7 cases, and fungalinfection in 2 cases. 2. The underlying diseases were leukemia in 6 cases, kidney transplantation in 6 cases,lymphoma in 3 cases, nephrotic syndrome in 1 case, nasopharyngeal cancer in 1 case, multiple myeloma in 1 case,agranulocytosis in 1 case, and hypogammaglobulinemia in 1 case. 3. In tuberculosis, all the 6 cases showed severemanifestations such as miliary tuberculosis, tuberculous pneumonia, moderately advanced tuberculosis andtuberculous pericarditis. 4. In pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, the most frequent findings were bilateral alveolardensities and peripheral field of the lung was saved in most cases. 5. In 2 cases of fungal infections bilatarealmultiple cavitary nodules were noted. 6. In cases of bacterial infection there were more cases of gram negativeinfection than gram positive and 2 cases of pseudomonas revealed bilateral multiple cavitary nodules.

MeSH Terms

Agammaglobulinemia
Bacterial Infections
Diagnosis
Kidney Transplantation
Leukemia
Lung
Multiple Myeloma
Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms
Nephrotic Syndrome
Opportunistic Infections*
Pericarditis
Pneumonia
Pneumonia, Pneumocystis
Pseudomonas
Thorax*
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis, Miliary