Legionnaires’ Disease
Fig. 12.1 Legionella pneumonia. (a) At day 4 after the onset, chest X-ray demonstrates congestive heart failure. (b) At day 9 after the onset, chest X-ray demonstrates obvious flakes of…
Scarlet Fever
Fig. 22.1 Scarlet fever complicated by bronchopneumonia. The chest X-ray demonstrates thickened pulmonary markings in both lower lungs, with spot-shaped shadows that are more obvious in the right lower lung…
Psittacosis
(1) Department of Radiology, Beijing You’an Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China Hongjun Li Email: lihongjun00113@126.com Psittacosis, also known as ornithosis, is an acute infectious disease caused by Chlamydia…
Lyme Disease
Fig. 15.1 Lyme disease complicated by neurological lesions. (a) T1WI demonstrates strips of low signal in the left thalamus. (b) T2WI FLAIR demonstrates stripes of high signal in the left…
Filariasis
Fig. 25.1 Acute disseminated encephalomeningitis. (a) MRI T2WI demonstrates multiple round-like high-signal lesions in bilateral semioval centrum with different sizes and clearly defined boundaries. (b) Contrast imaging demonstrates slight enhancement…
Neonatal Tetanus
Fig. 16.1 Neonatal tetanus complicated by pulmonary atelectasis (a) Chest X-ray demonstrates no obvious abnormality when hospitalized. (b) By reexamination after 8 days, chest X-ray demonstrates atelectasis of the upper…
Human Streptococcus suis Infection
Ministry of Health of the People’s Republic of China, Clinical guideline for human Streptococcus suis infection [EB/OL]. [2006-12-31]. http://www.moh.gov.cn/newshtml/17110.Htm. Suankratay C, Intalapaporn P, Nunthapisud P, et al. Streptococcus suis meningitis…
Epidemic Cerebrospinal Meningitis
Fig. 9.1 Epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis. (a, b) Transverse CT scanning demonstrates obviously enlarged cerebroventricular system including the four ventricles and communicating hydrocephalus. (c) Transverse FLAIR sequence demonstrates patches of high…
